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Accreditation Reports – Madhya Pradesh

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NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCILAn Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission

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Report Prepared by

Prof. Satya Deo Tripathi(Former Vice-Chancellor,

Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur)

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Professor of Mathematics,Harish – Chandra Research Institute,

Allahabad

Mr. B. S. PonmudirajAssistant Adviser

National Assessment and Accreditation CouncilBangalore

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CONTENTS

Foreword i

I. Madhya Pradesh 11.1 Introduction 1

II Education Scenario of the State of Madhya Pradesh 4

2.1 Pre-Independence Times 42.2 Higher Education - After Independence 52.3 NAAC Accreditation 16

III Comparative Analysis of Accredited Universities in M.P. 26

3.1 Quantitative Aspects 263.2 Qualitative Aspects: Criterion-wise Appraisal 383.3 Common Observations 72

IV Comparative Analysis of Affiliated Colleges in M.P. 75

4.1 Quantitative Aspects 754.2 Qualitative Aspects: Criterion-wise Appraisal 794.3 Common Observations 89

V Action Points for Development of Higher Education in M.P. 92

VI Annexures 95

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FOREWORD

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council has envisaged in its visionand mission to make quality the defining element of Higher Education in India.NAAC has already come out with Eight State wise Analysis Reports of AccreditedInstitutions - Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Haryana, North East, Maharashtra,West Bengal, Punjab. As and when the number of Accredited Institutions increasethe existing reports are updated and analysed further.

Though the number of Accredited Institutions is only forty-nine in the state ofMadhya Pradesh, NAAC has done the State-wise Analysis for the state of MadhyaPradesh with the hope that it will help the State government, Universities andother relevant agencies to look for quality improvements in Higher Education inthe state. Further it also helps the policymakers to find out various measures forimproving quality in Higher Educational Institutions for the benefit of the studentsper se.

The whole State-wise Analysis of Accreditation Reports in the state of MadhyaPradesh is based on the data provided by the institutions in the form of the selfStudy Reports and the onsite visiting team validating it, presenting/recommendingto NAAC in the form of a Peer Team Report and an overall score sheet. The frameof reference of this document is to study the Peer Team Reports from the point ofthe quality sustenance and quality enhancement measures of Higher EducationInstitutions in the state.

I wish to place on record for the efforts put by the authors Prof. S. D. Tripathi,Former Vice-Chancellor of Rani Durgawathi University, Jabalpur and AwadeshPratap Singh University, Rewa, at present Professor of Mathematics in the HarishChandra Research Institute, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh and Mr. B. S. Ponmudiraj,Assistant Adviser, NAAC.

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I like to acknowledge the help rendered by Dr. Shashi Rai, Principal, Sarojini NaiduGovernment Girls Post Graduate (Autonomous) College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh;Mr. Kiran R. Jere, Statistician, NAAC ; and Mr. Veerendra Vikram Awasthi,Research Scholar, Harish Chandra Research Institute , Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

At the time of preparation of this report there were seven Universities and Forty-two Colleges accredited by NAAC (as on 20th May 2005). I am sure this documentwill help the policy makers, the state government and the Institutions to capitalizeupon the strengths of the seven criteria which were detailed out; and to determineother courses of action for the implementation of recommendations.

(V. S. Prasad)Director

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I. MADHYA PRADESH

1.1 Introduction

Source : http://www.censusindia.net/results/2001maps /index.html

The State of Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as M.P. from hereonwards) was recently (on November 1, 2000) bifurcated by the Government of India into two

states viz., the state of Madhya Pradesh and the state of Chhattisgarh. The undivided

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Madhya Pradesh itself was created wayback on November 1, 1956 when the“reorganization of states” was undertaken by the Govt of India. The State of M.P.is centrally located - the geographical center of the country is about 40 km north ofthe city of Jabalpur. The present area of the state after bifurcation is 3,08,000 sq kmand its population (according to 2001 census) is about 6 crores. Approximately,15% of its population comprises of scheduled castes, whereas 20% are scheduledtribes- the population of scheduled tribes in current Madhya Pradesh is one of thelargest in the country, not withstanding the fact that a chunk of the tribal belt hasgone into the state of Chhatisgarh.

The current map of Madhya Pradesh

Source : www.censusindia.net/results/2001maps/mpd01.html

Historically, Madhya Pradesh has been ruled by kings of the “Gupta Dynasty”.It was, in fact, a part of Harshvardhan’s empire. Chandels were the most prosperoustribe of kings who ruled over this part of the country and created some beautifulmonuments in the form of temples. The world famous Khajuraho temples,situated in the northern part of M.P. and constructed during 10th or 11th century,were built by Chandel kings. The state had been ruled by Mughal kings starting

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from Akbar until his descendants. With the decline of Mughals, Marathas hadalso succeeded in controlling this part of the country before our independencefrom British rule in 1947.

The state of Madhya Pradesh is gifted with a lot of natural wealth . It is full ofponds, lakes, rivers, forests and minerals of all kinds. Bhopal, the capital city ofM.P., is known as the “city of lakes” whereas Jabalpur has been known as the“city of ponds”. The national forests of Kanha and Bandhavgarh are world-famouswild life sanctuaries. The three important regions are called Vindhya region,Mahakoshal region and the Malwa region. The gentle hills of Vindhya Mountainstraverse the entire state, starting in the East from the Vindhya region and movingtowards south-west until the Malwa region of the state.

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II. EDUCATION SCENARIO OF THE STATE OFMADHYA PRADESH

2.1 Pre-Independence Times

The part of the country lying in the state of Madhya Pradesh has a heavyconcentration of schedule tribes (ST). Most of the people residing in this part ofthe nation have migrated from the neighbouring states of U.P., Maharashtra , Gujaratetc . As a result, the local culture of M.P. is highly influenced by the original life-style of these states. It’s somewhat strange to note that before independence, therewas only one university in the whole state, viz., the Sagar University, and that toowas started in 1946, just before independence of the country. There were very fewdegree colleges in M.P. affiliated to this university; some of the good collegeseven from amongst this small number were affiliated to the universities of Nagpurand Agra. Even though the state was rich in terms of natural wealth like forests,minerals etc, the number of industries was very small. There were only limitedemployment opportunities for the youth of this part of the country. One of themain reasons for the lack of opportunities was the lack of facilities for highereducation. Bright young students who could afford to go for higher educationused to go to the universities of Allahabad, Banaras, Agra and those situated inmetropolitan cities. However, all of this changed rapidly, sometime afterindependence, particularly when the state of Madhya Pradesh was created in 1956.A number of universities, which were affiliating-cum- residential, coveringimportant cities of Madhya Pradesh, were established. All of these universitiesfocussed mainly on post-graduate teaching and research. The undergraduateteaching was systematically delegated to various affiliated/constituent colleges,and this particular trend continues even today. A couple of agricultural universities,one at Jabalpur and the other at Raipur were also started besides a number ofautonomous engineering and medical colleges which were affiliated to thetraditional universities.

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2.2 Higher Education after Independence and formation of Chhattisgarh

After its creation in 1956, Madhya Pradesh moved quite rapidly in developing thenetwork of its institutions of higher education. As mentioned earlier, Sagar Uni-versity was the only university in Madhya Pradesh before the independence ofthe country. However, starting from 1956 , the state Governments of M.P. tookeffective steps in establishing a number of universities spread across the entirestate. There were 9 universities in the undivided Madhya Pradesh, but two ofthem viz., Pt Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur and Guru GhasidasUniversity, Bilaspur, went to the new state of Chhatisgarh. Thus, at present thereare 7 traditional universities in M.P. having a total of 790 affiliated colleges inaddition to the following specialized Universities.

l Atal Behari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology &Management, Gwalior.

l Jawaharlal Nehru Krsihi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur.

l Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior.

l Law Institute University, Bhopal.

l Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University, Bhopal.

l Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur.

l Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot.

l Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal.

l Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal.

l Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal.

A Medical University/Health University is also in the pipeline. The names ofthe seven traditional universities, their years of establishment and the number ofcolleges affiliated to each of them are given in the following table:

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Table 1: Details of colleges affiliated to various universities of M.P

Source : Peer Team Reports

1 Awadhesh Pratap Singh 1968 78University, Rewa.

2 Burkatullah University,Bhopal. 1970 228

3 Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, 1964 106Indore.

4 Dr. Harisingh Gour University, 1946 82Sagar.

5 Jiwaji University, Gwalior. 1964 118

6 Rani Durgawati 1956 112Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur.

7 Vikram University, Ujjain. 1957 66

TOTAL 790

S.No. Name of the UniversityYear of

Establishment

Number ofaffiliatedColleges

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(i)Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa

This university, established in the year 1968, is a teaching-cum-affiliatinguniversity having its area of jurisdiction in five districts viz., Rewa, Satna, Sidhi,Shahadol and Umaria. The University is named after a great freedom fighter andscholar Shri Awadhesh Pratap Singh and has a campus spread over an area of 294acres. The university has 13 teaching departments under the faculties of Arts,Science, Social Science, Life Science, Management and Education. It has 78affiliated colleges out of which 4 are autonomous- all of these autonomouscolleges are Govt colleges of long standing and have good reputation. Theuniversity has 18 P.G.Centers in affiliated colleges and runs 20 self-financingjob-oriented courses on its campus besides having a Distance Education Center.

(ii) Barkatullah University, Bhopal

This university, initially named as Bhopal University, was established in the year1970 and has a campus area of about 360 acres. Its area of jurisdiction consists ofBhopal, Sehore, Raisen, Vidisha, Hoshangabad, Raigarh and Betul. Beingsituated in the capital of Madhya Pradesh, the university developed and expandedin terms of physical facilities very quickly. By now it has 9 Faculties consisting of

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25 teaching departments, an Insitute of Distance Education and 228 affiliatedcolleges. It has 4 autonomous institutes, 2 constituent colleges and runs about 26self-financing courses. The university has a nice campus with spaciousdepartmental buildings, good guest courses being run by the university, thenumber of permanent teaching faculty needs to be increased and care has to betaken in granting affiliation to colleges which do not have adequate facilities.

(iii) Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore

Initially named as the University of Indore, this university was established in theyear 1972 in the industrial city of Indore and has developed significantly,specially in technical and professional education. It offers about 90 different coursesand has 106 affiliated colleges. Some of these colleges are about 100 years old. Itsarea of jurisdiction consists of the districts of Indore, Jhabua, Dhar, Khargone andKhandwa. This university has been a pioneering institution in introducing theconcept of self-financing courses at least in the northern part of the country. It haswell-defined goals and objectives laying high emphasis on emerging fields intechnical and job-oriented education. The management, computer/electronicseducation provided by this university has been quite popular. The university hasbeen awarded handsome grants from the UGC, CSIR, DBT, DST and AICTE for itsresearch and innovative programmers. The Inter university Consortium of DAE issituated in the campus of the university and has noticeably facilitated researchactivities of the science departments of the university.

(iv) Dr Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar

This is the oldest and largest university of Madhya Pradesh established in 1946before independence of the country, and was known as “Saugar University”. Itwas renamed in 1983 after the name of Dr Harisingh Gour, a famous jurist,educationist and a statesman coming from that region. The university, under thestewardship of the first three vice-chancellors viz., Dr Harisingh Gour, ProfR.P.Tripathi and Pt Dwarika Prasad Mishra, laid a solid foundation of highereducation by appointing reputed scholars in all of its departments. It has asprawling campus covering an area of 1312 acres on Patharia hills with beautifulnatural surroundings including a forest of 100 acres. The university has 82

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colleges affiliated to it and has 36 teaching departments offering about 182programmes on the campus. This is the only university of M.P., which runs itsundergraduate courses on its campus and has a faculty strength of 211 permanentand 81 temporary teachers. Despite the fact that the university has huge manpowerand good infra-structure, its research output and their quality, needsimprovement. It may be mentioned that the university is trying its best toovercome its conservatism by introducing some houses, modern auditoriumand a beautiful vice-chancellor’s bunglow. Considering the large number ofprogressive steps and starting self-financing courses in subjects like ComputerScience and Business Administration and also offering some consultancy services,some of the departments of the university have won special supports from theUGC, New Delhi.

(v) Jiwaji University, Gwalior

This university, named after a famous king of the Scindia family, was establishedin the year 1964 and has a campus area of about 248 acres. The university has 118affiliated colleges, out of which 6 are granted the status of autonomouscolleges – some of these colleges are about 100 years old and they indeed formedthe backbone on which the university itself was formed. Presently, the universityhas 21 teaching departments offering courses in Arts, Science, Law, Medicine,Engineering, Education , Management etc. The university offers about 38self-financing courses and has a faculty strength of about 80 teachers. The universityhas a decent infra-structure including a well set-up sports complex providinginternational level sports and gymnasium facilities to its students.

(vi) Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur

This university, formerly known as the University of Jabalpur, was established inthe year 1956 as a teaching-cum-affiliating university. Since 1961, the universityhas been functioning from its campus in Saraswati Vihar, Pachpedi, Jabalpur. Thecampus is spread in about 100 acres of land and lies in the cantonment areaoccupied by the army. The university was renamed as Rani DurgawatiVishwavidyalaya in 1983 after the Gond tribal Queen Rani Durgawati of Garha,

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district Mandla, and has its area of jurisdiction over the districts of Jabalpur, Katni,Mandla, Seoni and Balaghat. The city of Jabalpur, known as Sanskardhani ofMadhya Pradesh, is quite well-known for its educational institutions. Theuniversity has 112 affiliated colleges most of which are located in the district/tahsil headquarters and are Govt-funded. About 66 colleges are Govt colleges andthe remaining 47, are self-financing. Besides having a number of strong departmentsin the faculties of Arts, Science and Social Sciences, the university has competedand won the schemes of UGC, New Delhi, to get substantial research grants and anumber of other projects. The Academic Staff College and the Macro-molecularResearch Centers (MRC) have done commendable work. Among its affiliatedcolleges, the Govt Science Model College (earlier known as Robertson College)and the College of Materials Management run by the Ministry of Defense, Govt ofIndia, have had excellent records of providing quality education.

(vii) Vikram University, Ujjain

This university, established in 1957, has inherited its name from the legendaryking Samrat Vikramaditya, and has well-defined objectives including the oneseeking to make the historical city of Ujjain, a Center of excellence inmulti-dimensional scholarship. The Kalidas Academy, an autonomousinstitution, works jointly with the university for the development of Sanskritlanguage. The university, lying in the Malwa region of the state of Madhya Pradesh,has its area of jurisdiction over the districts of Ujjain, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Shajapurand Dewas. It has a campus spread over 330 acres of land and has 66 affiliatedcolleges, 2 constituent colleges and an autonomous college. As is the case withmost of the M.P. universities, this university also has only P.G teaching andresearch on the campus. There are 18 such teaching departments, each one knownas a School of Studies, under 6 different faculties of Arts, Science, Life Science,Social Science, Management etc. The university has worked hard successfully tomake its examination system very transparent and efficient. It has providedcommendable support to teaching and research, but shortage of teachers in someschools has been a serious impediment.

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Spurt in Higher Education

Immediately after the undivided M.P. came into existence in 1956, the state govtstarted giving higher education its due importance and priority. The fact that theneighbouring states of U.P, Maharastra, Gujarat etc., had better standards andfacilities for higher education, the state govts, one after the other, have taken stepsto pull the state of M.P. from an educationally backward state into a fastdeveloping state. A number of new Universities and degree colleges wereestablished. The Department of Higher Education, Govt. of M. P., took remarkablesteps in encouraging its youth to seek competition at the national level. MadhyaPradesh, for the first time in our country, created the State UGC of its own on thepattern of central UGC to streamline and support the field of Higher Education.Unfortunately, however, because of political reasons the State UGC was abolishedafter some time and its functioning was taken over by the Dept. of HigherEducation, Govt of M.P., again.

Co-ordination Committee

The Madhya Pradesh Vishwavidyalya Adhiniyam, 1973 provides for theformation of a high-powered Co-ordination Committee under the Chairmanshipof the Kuladhipati, the Governor of M.P. , who is the ex-officio Chancellor of allthe M.P. universities. The members of the committee consist of allVice-Chancellors of the state, Rectors of all the universities, Secretary, HigherEducation, Commissioner, Higher Education, Secretary, Finance, Secretary, Lawand the Secretary to the Governor of M.P. Secretary of Higher Education is theex-officio secretary of the Co-ordination Committee. By convention, the ChiefMinister and the Education Minister of the state are always special invitees in themeetings. The Co-ordination Committee is, therefore, the most powerful bodywhich takes all the important policy decisions on the functioning and developmentof higher education of the state, thus ensuring uniformity of standards at the stateand at the national level. The Co-ordination Committee approves the ordinancesand the statutes of all the universities. From time to time the Co-ordinationCommittee examines the statutes and the ordinances of universities and suggestsnecessary modifications. Most of the guidelines of the UGC, New Delhi, are alsoapproved and implemented by the Co-ordination Committee. This is a unique

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progressive concept which has been practiced by the state of M.P. for the growthand development of higher education and is working well.

Re-naming of the universities

The Sagar University of Madhya Pradesh has the distinction of being the largestand oldest university of the state which continues to run undergraduateprogrammes like B.A., B.Sc., B. Com. even today. The M.P. VishwavidyalayAdhiniyam, 1973 was passed by the State Assembly making drastic changes in thefunctioning of Higher education in the state . Through an important decisionoutlined in this Act, the universities of Indore, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Ujjain, Sagar,Rewa, Bilaspur and Raipur were renamed after eminent personalities of therespective regions of the state. As mentioned earlier, the universities of Raipurand Bilaspur now belong to the state of Chhatisgarh. The areas of jurisdictionof all the universities were clearly defined. The courses of studies were changedand modernized by the Central Board of Studies under the supervision of the StateUGC. All these efforts have yielded good results not only in terms of quantity butalso in terms of quality of higher education in M.P. The following table gives thepresent names of the universities of Madhya Pradesh and also their areas ofjurisdiction:

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Doctor Harisingh Gour University, Sagar Sagar, Tikamgarh,Sagar Chhattarpur, Panna,

Chhindwara and Damoh

Vikram Vishwavidyalaya, Ujjain Ujjain, Ratlam, Mandsaur,Ujjain Shajapur and Dewas.

Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur Jabalpur, Mandala, Seoni,Jabalpur Balaghat, Katni, Narsinghpur

and Dindori.

Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore Indore, Jhabua, Dhar,Indore Khargone (West Niwar) and

Khandwa (East Nimar).

Jiwaji Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior Gwalior, Bhind, Morena,Gwalior Shivpuri, Guna and Datia

Awadhesh Pratap Singh Rewa Rewa Rewa, Satna, Sidhi andVishwavidyalaya, Shahdol.Rewa

Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal Bhopal, Sehore, Raisen,Bhopal Vidisha, Hoshangabad,

Raigarh and Betul.

Name of the University HeadquartersTerritorial Jurisdiction

(Area comprised within the limitsof revenue districts)

Table 2: Showing names of M.P. Universities and their areas of jurisdiction

Source : M. P. University Act, 1973.

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One of the main consequences of the declaration of the areas of jurisdiction was,that any degree college, Govt or Private, located in the area of jurisdiction of aparticular university will be affiliated only to that university, not to any otheruniversity. Prior to this Act , however, Sagar university had the largest number ofcolleges affiliated to it even though they were located in the close vicinity of otheruniversities. Another consequence of this Act was that all the universities of theState got equal opportunity for development and expansion. When the concept ofself-financing courses, e.g. BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA, Biotechnology etc caught theimagination of state universities , every university started having its own Centerfor Distance Education/ Correspondence Education/Continuing Education. Theconcept of Private students was replaced by Centers for Distance Learning on thelines of Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU), New Delhi. Everyuniversity started its own chain of Study Centers located in remote areas of itsareas of jurisdiction so that employed and poor students can appear in theuniversity examinations, and acquire the desired education and degree at theirdoor-steps.

Thefollowing map clearly indicates the areas of jurisdiction of each M.P. University.

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Autonomous Colleges of M.P.

The Ministry of Higher Education in M.P. has been very concerned about thequality of education being provided to the students of the state. As a token ofencouragement, they rewarded several well-known colleges of repute and declaredthem as “Colleges of Excellence”. This provided them some additional grants forthe library, laboratories, sports and other infrastructures. At the national level, theUniversity Grants Commission, New Delhi has a scheme to identify good collegesthroughout the country and give them “autonomous status “. M.P.Govt tookadvantage of this scheme of UGC and encouraged its colleges to apply forautonomy to their respective universities who were also asked to giveautonomous status to as many deserving colleges as possible. As a result of thisscheme every university of M.P. took steps to grant autonomous status to a few ofits selected colleges.

At present there are a total of 22 affiliated colleges in MP, (all Govt colleges), whichare autonomous. This afforded a very good opportunity to good colleges to con-solidate their infrastructure and improve the quality of their education much bet-ter than before.

Table 3: Govt Colleges

Source: Deptt. of Higher Education, Govt. of M. P., Annual Report 2004-05

S No List of colleges Number

1 Total number of Govt Colleges 311

2 Post-Graduate colleges 82

3 Degree Colleges 229

4 Girls Colleges 54

5 Autonomous Colleges 22

6 Colleges in Tribal Areas 57

7 Colleges in non-tribal areas 254

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2.3 NAAC Accreditation

Like several other states, Madhya Pradesh has also witnessed an unprecedentedgrowth in the number of educational institutions of higher learning over the lastfew years. A glance at Tables ...will show that, by now, there are about 752colleges ( leaving out engineering and medical colleges) affiliated to variousuniversities of M.P. The Barkatullah University, Bhopal has the largest number ofaffiliated colleges whereas the Vikram University, Ujjain has the smallest numberof affiliated colleges. It should be pointed out that out of these there are 311 Govtcolleges and 447 non-Govt colleges. Out of these 447, there are 76 colleges whichare receiving grants from the Govt, whereas 371 colleges are self-financing, most ofwhich have come up only recently. In fact, when the state of M.P. was created,there were very few people willing to invest in higher education, but things have

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Table 4: List of Non Government Colleges of Madhya Pradesh(Affiliated to Universities of M. P.)

Source: Deptt. of Higher Education, Govt. of M. P., Annual Report 2004-05

1 Awadhesh Pratap SinghUniversity, Rewa 8 32 40

2 Burkatullah University,Bhopal 13 119 132

3 Devi AhilyaVishwavidyalaya, Indore 14 62 76

4 Dr. Harisingh GourUniversity, Sagar 7 29 36

5 Jiwaji University, Gwalior 14 54 68

6 Rani DurgawatiVishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur 15 50 65

7 Vikram University, Ujjain 5 25 30

TOTAL 76 371 447

S. No Name of the UniversityNon GovernmentReceiving Grant

Non Governmentnot

Receiving Grant

Total NonGovernment

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now changed dramatically. People having money are eager to start not only theengineering and medical institutions, but also colleges imparting traditionaleducation in the faculties of Arts, Science and Commerce. The emphasis of thesenew colleges has been to start job-oriented courses in these faculties. It has beenoccasionally reported in newspapers that some of these colleges , affiliated toBarkatullah Univestiy, did not have enough infra-structural facilities to properlyrun these new courses. On the basis of actual investigation, the department ofHigher Education has taken the strict action of derecognizing some of thesecolleges. It must be mentioned, however, that most of the Govt colleges have beenfound to have adequate infrastructural facilities to run these courses efficiently.With regard to the shortage of teachers, it must be mentioned that there has beena Govt ban on the recruitment of new teachers because the Govt has been trying toimplement its reservation policy for SC/ST candidates. As a result, most of thesecourses are being conducted with the help of guest faculty from other universitiesor even from allied departments, thereby affecting adversely, the quality ofeducation imparted to the students. The NAAC assessment of these colleges islikely to arrest this undesirable trend or at least compel them to improvethemselves. The following table gives the number of Govt as well as non-Govtcolleges having UG and PG programmes which are recognised under Section 2(f)and 12(B) of the UGC, New Delhi.

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It’s gratifying to observe that by now all the seven universities of the state of MadhyaPradesh have been accredited by NAAC; some offered themselves very early andwere assessed under the star-system of grading, whereas the remaining universitieswent for accreditation later and were graded under the new nine-point gradingscale in accordance with the following table:

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Table 5: Number of Colleges recognised under 2(f) & 12 (B)

Source : Directory of Colleges – Recognised under section 2(f) & 12(B) of the UGCAct 1956 (Updated on 31st March 2004)

AwadheshPratap SinghUniversity,Rewa. 19 7 9 6 11 - - - 52 1

BurkatullahUniversity,Bhopal. 22 12 23 4 6 1 - 1 69 12

Devi Ahilya,VishwavidyalayaIndore. 22 7 17 8 1 1 - 1 57 7

Dr. HarisinghGaurUniversity,Sagar. 19 10 10 - 14 1 - - 54 1

JiwajiUniversity,Gwalior. 22 15 13 6 1 - - - 57 6

Rani DurgawatiVishwavidyalayaJabalpur. 21 23 15 9 - - - - 68 11

VikramUniversity,Ujjain. 17 11 17 1 1 2 - - 49 4

No. ofInstitu-tions

Accred-ited

Name of theUniversity

Govt.Colleges

2f,12(B):UG

Non-Govt.

Colleges2f,

12(B):UG

Govt.Colleges

2f,12(B):PG

Non-Govt.

Colleges2f,

12(B):PG

Govt.Collegesonly 2f

:UG

Non-Govt.

Collegesonly 2f

:UG

Govt.Collegesonly 2f

:PG

Non-Govt.

Collegesonly 2f

:PG

Total

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Table 7 : New Grading according to the nine-point scale

The department of Higher Education, Govt of M.P., has issued instructions thatall the colleges affiliated to various universities of the state should undergoaccreditation process by NAAC as soon as possible. A number of colleges, whichhave a rather good reputation, have already gone for this assessment, but thisnumber is quite low as compared to the states of Maharashtra, Haryana and Punjab.

New Grading system

Grade Institutional Score (Upper limit Exclusive)

A++ 95-100

A+ 90-95

A 85-90

B++ 80-85

B+ 75-80

B 70-75

C++ 65-70

C+ 60-65

C 55-60

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Table 6 : Old Grading according to the star system

Source : NAAC Publication

Old Grading system

Grade Institutional Score (Upper limit Exclusive)

A***** >= 75

A**** 70-75

A*** 65-70

A** 60-65

A* 55-60

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The following table gives the list of universities/colleges of M.P. that have beenaccredited by NAAC. Though, by now, all the universities of the state have beenassessed by NAAC, out of 752 colleges only 42 have been assessed by NAAC upto May 25, 2005. This means by now only 5.5% of the colleges of Madhya Pradeshhave been assessed by NAAC. Out of these 42 colleges, 30 colleges areGovt-funded, i.e., about 75% NAAC-accredited colleges are Govt colleges and therest are self-financing colleges. The poor response for NAAC accreditation by thecolleges of M.P. is a matter of concern for the Department of Higher Education,specially because most of the funding agencies like UGC, CSIR, DST etc. at thenational level have made prior assessment of the college by NAAC, a conditionfor any kind of financial support.

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Table 8: List of Universities Accredited by NAAC as on 20 May 2005along with their scores and grades

Source: NAAC, Bangalore.

S.No Name of the Institution C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 Overall GradeScore

1 Awadhesh Pratap Singh 72 68 57 70 65 60 57 65.05 C++

University, Rewa MadhyaPradesh

2 Burkatullah University, 80 70 75 78 75 60 72 73.15 BBhopal, Madhya Pradesh

3 Devi Ahilya, Vishwavidyalaya, 70 74 74 70 72 68 70 71.6 A****

Indore, Madhya Pradesh

4 Dr. Harisingh Gour University, 70 70 70 71 70 72 67 70.05 A****

Sagar, Madhya Pradesh

5 Jiwaji University, Gwalior, 70 71 73 74 66 68 69 70.6 A****

Madhya Pradesh

6 Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, 82 81 85 78 75 80 77 80.2 B++

Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

7 Vikram University, Ujjain, 72 72 70 71 65 69 67 70.05 A****

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Table 9 : List of Colleges Accredited by NAAC as on 20 May 2005along with their scores and grade


1 Collegeof Materials 76 80 64 84 76 74 78 77.2 A*****

Management (Autonomous),Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

2 G. S. College of Commerce & 75 77 73 74 76 74 73 75.35 B+

Economics, Jabalpur,Madhya Pradesh.

3 Government Arts & 71 75 75 65 65 70 65 70.6 BCommerce College,Bhanwarkuna, Indore.

4 Govt. Autonomous 70 78 75 80 70 75 70 74.9 B+

P. G. College, Chhindwara.

5 Governement Geetanjali Girls 70 72 69 74 70 70 70 71.35 BCollege, Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh.

6 Government Girls P. G. College, 85 86 80 80 88 86 87 85 A Ujjain.

7 Government Girls P. G. College,(Autonomous), Moti Tabela, Indore. 80 90 70 70 80 70 70 78.5 B+

8 Government Model Autonomous 60 70 65 76 70 68 65 68.2 A***

Holkar Science College(Autonomous), Indore,Madhya Pradesh.

9 Government Model Science 80 85 75 90 75 80 70 81.75 B++

College, Jhansi Road, Gwalior.

10 Government Model Science 86 93 90 93 80 80 90 89 ACollege(Autonomous), Jabalpur,Madhya Pradesh.

11 Government Motilal Vigyan 75 79 60 81 72 77 66 75.75 B+

Mahavidyalaya, Jahangirabad,Bhopal.

12 Government P. G. College, 70 62 55 60 60 60 50 60.55 C+

Pipariya.

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13 Government P. G. College, 75 75 62 68 70 77 65 72 BKhargone

14 Government P. G. College, 75 78 70 70 75 75 77 75.4 B+

Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh.

15 Government Post Graduate College, 75 65 70 60 60 70 60 65 C++

Morena, Madhya Pradesh.

16 Government Post Graduate College, 75 75 73 80 66 63 72 73.25 BSeoni, Madhya Pradesh.

17 Govt. Hamidia Arts & Commerce 75 80 65 80 65 70 70 75.25 B+

College, Bhopal.

18 Govt. Home Science P. G. College, 68 70 60 70 70 60 70 68.3 C++

Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh.

19 Govt. J. S. T. P. G. College, Balaghat, 75 80 70 75 70 75 75 76.25 B+

Madhya Pradesh.

20 Govt. M. B. Arts & Commerce 90 95 95 90 95 95 90 93 A+

Autonomous College for Women,Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

21 Govt. M. H. College of Home 80 85 70 90 73 78 73 80.4 B++

Science & Science for Women,Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

22 Govt. Mahakoshal Arts & 80 84 82 82 80 80 84 82.1 B++

Commerce Autonomous College,Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

23 Govt. Maharani Laxmi Bai Girls 73 84 78 80 81 75 86 80.15 B++

P. G. (Autonomous) College,Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

24 Govt. Narmada Post Graduate 70 80 45 79 76 73 71 75.2 B+

College (Autonomous), Hoshangabad

25 Govt. Nutan Girls P. G. College, 70 80 65 70 70 70 65 73.25 BKila Maidan, Indore.

26 Gyanmandir College, Neemuch. 75 65 60 60 68 77 60 66 C++

27 Institute For Excellence in Higher 90 95 80 75 85 85 85 86.75 AEducation, Kaliyasot Dam, Bhopal.

28 Kamla Raja Girls Autonomous 80 70 75 80 70 70 60 72.5 BP. G. College, Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh.


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29 Kasturba Gram Rural Institute 85 80 70 80 75 75 70 77.75 B+

(Autonomous Girls Degree College),Kasturba Gram, Indore.

30 Lokmanya Tilak Education 70 70 60 55 65 70 nil 66 C++

College, Madhavanagar, Ujjain.

31 Maharani Laxmi Bai Government 80 82 90 85 75 75 80 81.05 B++

College of Excellence, Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh

32 Mata Gujri Mahila Mahavidyalaya, 90 90 90 80 90 90 90 88.5 A Jabalpur

33 Pt. Shambhoo Nath Shukla 80 80 50 65 60 70 65 70.25 BGovernment P. G. College(Autonomous), Shahdol

34 Rani Durgawati Government 65 75 70 75 70 70 75 72.75 BPost Graduate College, Mandala.

35 S. N. Government P. G. College, 75 78 68 70 72 80 72 75 B+

Khandwa.

36 Sarojini Naydu Govt. Girls 80 70 80 70 70 80 65 73 BP. G. (Autonomous) College,Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

37 Sri Sathya Sai College for Women 70 87.5 80 80 70 86.6 nil 82 B++

(Department of Education), Bhopal.

38 Sri Sathya Sai College for 75 80 70 80 75 75 75 77.5 B+

Women, Bhopal.

39 Vijaya Raje Girls Government 70 75 80 70 70 75 75 73.5 BPostgraduate College, Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh.

40 Ravindra College, Bhopal 61 70 60 65 60 70 nil 66.6 C++

41 College of Life Sciences , Mandre 75 80 70 75 70 80 65 75.75 B+

Mata Hill, Gwalior

42 St. Aloysius College, Jabalpur. 92 95 90 90 92 95 92 93.1 A+


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Looking at table 9, one observes that response to undergo quality assessment byNAAC in Madhya Pradesh has been better from the colleges affiliated to DeviAhilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore and Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpuras compared to other universities. Even though there are 10 colleges fromBarkatullah University, Bhopal that have been assessed by NAAC, thepercentage of this university is less than those from the two universities at Indoreand Bhopal. It must be mentioned that the Department of Higher Education, Govtof M.P., have to issue strict instructions to all of its colleges to definitely go forNAAC assessment by a certain date or else they will be left behind in gettingthemselves tested for quality checks. There is hardly any doubt that any kind ofdelay or reluctance on the part of colleges of M.P. to avoid assessment by NAAC islikely to have adverse affect on the quality of Higher Education being imparted bysuch colleges.

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Table 10: University-wise Accredited Colleges


S. No. Name of the University Number of affiliated Colleges Number of NAACAccredited Colleges

1 Awadhesh Pratap Singh 78 1University, Rewa

2 Burkatullah University, 228 12Bhopal

3 Devi Ahilya, 106 7Vishwavidyalaya,Indore

4 Dr. Harisingh Gour 82 1University, Sagar,

5 Jiwaji University, 118 6Gwalior

6 Rani Durgawati 112 11Vishwavidyalaya,Jabalpur

7 Vikram University, Ujjain, 66 4

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III. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ACCREDITEDUNIVERSITIES IN MADHYA PRADESH

3.1 Quantitative Aspects

(i) Objectives

The primary objective of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council(NAAC) is to assess and accredit institutions of higher education viz., universitiesand degree colleges affiliated to various universities, keeping the declaredmission of NAAC . This is done first through a well-defined process ofself-assessment by the institution itself and then by a Peer team appointed byNAAC which makes an on-the-spot visit of the institution. The expert- committee(Peer Team), after carefully going through the data supplied by the institution inthe form of its Self-Study Report, validates the report and recommends a suitablegrade based on its assessment. The report prepared by the Peer Team, as part ofthe assessment and accreditation, is a truthful evaluation of the quality of educationbeing imparted by the institution. The Peer Team report also contains someimportant recommendations for consideration of the institution concerned,keeping in mind the seven criteria laid down by NAAC.

The NAAC has also taken up the task of analyzing the Peer Team reports of all theinstitutions of higher education in a particular region/state so as to provide aconsolidated evaluation with the following objectives:

1. To provide guidelines for further improvement of higher educationalinstitutions, and2. To understand the validity if the instrument applied by NAAC for theassessment process.

As mentioned earlier, all the seven universities of the state of Madhya Pradeshhave already undergone the NAAC assessment and have been accredited byNAAC. As the following table shows, the universities of Indore, Sagar, Gwalior

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Since all the universities of Madhya Pradesh have been assessed and awardedgrades by the NAAC, there is sufficient data for a critical analysis of all theaccredited institutions of M.P. The main objective of this analysis is to identify thecommon problems affecting the quality of higher education in M.P. as a whole,and to examine the possible solutions/recommendations reflected in the peer team

and Ujjain have been assessed and graded under the old grading system where asthe remaining three universities viz., the universities at Rewa, Bhopal and Jabalpurhave been assessed and graded under the new grading system. All the fouruniversities that have been graded under the old grading system have beenawarded four stars and looking just to their grades, one cannot really have anyidea about the comparative strength of these four universities. In this sense thenew grading system adopted by NAAC is far more precise. Under the newgrading system, APS university, Rewa has been awarded grade C++, BarkatullahUniversity, Bhopal has been awarded grade B, and Rani Durgawati University,Jabalpur has been awarded grade B++.

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Table 12: Universities accredited under new-grading system


Table 11: Universities accredited under old-grading system


S.N. Name of the University Grade

1 Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa C++

2 Barkatullah University, Bhopal B

3 Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur B++

S.N. Name of the University Grade

1 Devi Ahilya University, Indore A****

2 Dr Harisingh Gour University, Sagar A****

3 Jiwaji University, Gwalior A****

4 Vikram Univeristy, Ujjain A****

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reports. This analysis will help the policy makers, in the State Govt and in privatemanagements, and other key players in higher education to adopt variousstrategies for improvent and to implement the quality initiatives in the highereducation system of our country. This analysis will also help the instutions tounderstand the criterion-wise apsects of their own insitutions in comparison withother sister-institutions, and will prompt them to undertake quality improvementsat their own level. Best practices prevalent in one institution can easily be followed/adopted by others. The stake-holders will also have an opportunity to form aclear idea about the importance of quality factor in the field of higher education.

(ii) Assumptions

The present analysis of reports has been done making the followingassumptions:

1. Every peer team report reflects the commendations, areas of oncerns andrecommendations.2. The reports will have facts and figures which have been authentically verifiedand agreed upon by the members of the peer team and authorities of theinstitution so that the contents of the self-study reports are properly reflected.

(iii) Methodology

Both the quantitative techniques based on overall scores and criterion-wise scoresand the qualitative techniques based on commendations, recommendations andthe issues of concern have been applied in the present analysis. Details ofindividual reports on the institutions that have been analysed are available on thewebsite www.naac-india.com

(iv) Quantitative Techniques

Based on the practical experience of working for several years, the methods ofassessment and grading have undergone some drastic changes to make it betterand more precise. The first method was to award percentile marking for tencriteria and an overall average score. The second method was percentile

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calculation for seven criteria and overall score percentage with a grading understar system (A* to A*****). The third and present method is percentile marking forseven criteria, an overall average score in percentage with a nine-point gradingviz., C, C+, C++, B, B+, B++, A, A+, A++ in ascending order. Because theinstitutions which are being analysed fall within the last two categories, thecriterion-wise score and the overall percentile scores are taken as comparative datafor the quantitative analysis.

For convenience of analysis and to get a genuinely comparative picture, the uni-versities are grouped into two categories based on their grades.

1. The first category consists of the universities at Indore, Sagar, Gwalior and Ujjainwhich have been graded under the old grading system of stars. All theseuniversities have been awarded the four star status, viz., A****.

2. The second category consists of the universites at Rewa, Bhopal and Jabalpurwhich have been graded under the new grading system of nine-point scale.APS University, Rewa has been given grade C++, Brakatullah University, Bhopalhave been awarded grade B, and the Rani Durgawati University at Jabalpur hasbeen awarded B++.

(v) Qualitative Techniques

The overall quantitative analysis alone is obviously inadequate. To make it moreprecise, a separate chapter highlighting the criterion-wise analysis of M.P.universities alongwith the quality enhancement measures suggested by theexpert committee is given in continuation of the quantitative analysis.

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Category 1

Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore

This university, known for its pioneering role in professional and technicaleducation, was esatblished in the year 1964. On the day of its assessment viz., July30- August 3, 2000, the university had about 5,000 students on the rolls on thecampus, and about 1 lac students enrolled in its 106 affiliated colleges. Theuniversity aquired its NAAC accreditation in the same year and was awarded gradeA**** ,i.e., four-star status.

Figure shows the criterion-wise scores of DAVV, Indore:

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Dr Harisingh Gour University, Sagar

This is the oldest and largest university of Madhya Pradesh established in 1946,just before independence of the country. With a beautiful campus, the universityhas presently 36 teaching departments and 82 affiliated colleges. The uniquefeature of this university is that it runs both undergraduate and post-graduateprogrammes on its campus and so the number of students on the campus duringthe peer team visit was about 7000. The university aquired its NAACaccreditation during the year 2000 under the star grading system and it was givena four-star status viz., A****.

Figure shows the criterion-wise score of Dr Harisingh Gour University, Sagar

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Jiwaji University, Gwalior

Established in the year 1964, Jiwaji University, Gwalior has 21 teaching depart-ments and 118 affiliated colleges. It had a faculty strength of about 80 and about2223 students on the rolls on the campus during the time when the peer teamvisited the university in the year 2001. The university was accredited by NAAC inthe same year and got the four-star status, i.e., A**** under the old grading system.Figure shows the criterion-wise scores of Jiwaji University, Gwalior.

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Vikram University, Ujjain

Vikram University, Ujjain was establised in the year 1957 and has 18 teachingdepartments. It has about 69 affilated colleges some of which have beenrecognized as reseacrh centers. There are 101 teachers who take care of 66 differentprogrammes including degrees, diplomas and certificate courses. The Peer Teamvisited the university during March 2002 for NAAC accreditation, and the universitywas accredited in the same year getting a four-star status, i.e., it got A**** gradeunder the old grading system. Figure shows the criterion-wise score of VikramUniversity, Ujjain.

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Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa

Comparison of criterion-wise scores of category-1 universities

The following figure gives a clear comparative idea of the criterion-wiseinstitutional scores of the four M.P. Universities viz., those at Indore, Sagar, Gwaliorand Ujjain, which were accredited by NAAC under the old star-system:

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Barkatullah University, Bhopal

Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur

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The following table shows that the universities at Indore and Sagar went forNAAC accreditation first and they were followed by the universities at Gwaliorand Ujjain. All these four universities were graded under the old star-gradingsystem. On the other hand, the universities at Bhopal, Jabalpur and Rewa werelast to be accredited– this was done during the year 2002. Whatever be thereasons, an amount of credit should be given to the universities which compliedwith the UGC guidelines for NAAC- accreditation first.

Comparison of criterion-wise scores of category-2 universities

The following figure gives a clear comparative idea of the criterion-wiseinstitutional scores of the three M.P. universities viz., those at Rewa, Bhopal, andJabalpur, which were accredited by NAAC under the new grading system ona 9-point scale

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S.No University Year of Assessment

1 Awadhesh Pratap Singh Vishwavidyalaya, Rewa 2002

2 Barkatullah Univeristy, Bhopal 2002

3 Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore. 2000

4 Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar 2000

5 Jiwaji Univeristy, Gwalior 2001

6 Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur. 2002

7 Vikram Univeristy, Ujjain. 2001


Table 13: Years of first NAAC Assessment

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3.2 Qualitative Aspects: Criterion-wise Appraisal

Criterion-I: Curricular AspectsStatus of Individual Universities and Suggestions

APS University, Rewa

APS University, Rewa offers various UG and PG programmes leading up to D.Littand D.Sc as the highest degrees of the university. The courses are regularlyrevised and updated by the statutory bodies like Board of Studies of differentsubjects and the Academic Council. The UG programmes are changed by theCentral Board of Studies and finally approved by the Coordination Committee ofall the M.P. Universities. The university offers a number of job-orientedself-financing courses. However, a greater need is felt for offering courses havingmore flexibility and of interdisciplinary nature keeping regional needs in mind.The peer team also felt that the specific objectives of the university must be clearlystated to operationalise the curricula being offered.

Suggestions

The mission statement and the specific objectives of the University must be clearly stated tocontextualize and operationalise the curricula to be offered. There is need for offering morerelevant courses having flexibility in the choice of courses so as to promote interdisciplinaryprogrammes. Regional needs must be taken care of while revising the syllabi. Feedback fronstudents and faculty needs must be initiated.


This university offers a wide range of programmes from certificate courses, UGdegrees, PG degrees and Ph D degrees up to post-doctoral research. Many of theseprogrammes are job-oriented and are run under the self-financing scheme, chargingreasonably high fees from students. There is a Board of Studies in each subjectwhich meets regularly to review the syllabi. The university has adopted the modelsyllabus recommended by the UGC, but since the number of teachers is low, thesyllabus is often framed around the available outside expertise. As a result, thesyllabi of some departments are more modern as compared to other departments.

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Though the university has good placement records in certain courses, departmentslike that of Mathematics, Chemistry and Languages are yet to be created. The UGsyllabus is revised by the Central Board of Studies for all the M.P. Universities.

Suggestions

Courses in Arts and Literature required for character building and personality development

of the students should be added. The university should give priority for starting important

departments like the Department of Mathematics, Department of Chemistry and Languages.

The number of teachers in some of the departments is much less than required- this should berectified as soon as possible.


The university, being known for its pioneering role in augmenting the technicaland professional courses, has a fair mix of general and self-financing courses, whichis indeed a strength for the university, for a sound financial base and for impartingquality education. Continuous internal evaluation followed by semester-end vivavoce examination is a strong curricular aspect of the university. Furthermore, thetimely conduct of the examinations and declaration of results of the UniversityTeaching Departments, is also a major strength of the university. The universityhas developed a number of significant linkages of research with institutions fromwithin and outside the country. The non-appointment of Deans in a number ofFaculites and shortage of teachers in some of the departments is a disturbing aspectof curricular activities, which has to be looked into as soon as possible.

Suggestions

Filling up of the vacant teaching positions and appointment of Deans of some Faculties are

matters of concern. Feedback mechanism from students about quality of teaching should be

ensured. Some departments are carrying on without the presence of minimum critical faculty.

Interdisciplinary aspects of curricular activities need to be strengthened through development

of courses across Centers and Schools which would lead to an optimal use of academic resourses

of the university.

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The university runs several UG, PG and reseacrh programmes in traditional aswell as emerging areas of higher education. The Courses in EnvironmentManagement, Forest Managemant, Communication and Journalism are offeredthrough Distance Education mode. The syllabi are regularly revised and updatedby the concerned Boards of Studies while the Academic Council finally approvesthem for implementation. The Planning and Evaluation Board does its job byconsidering the contemporary needs of the students. The university has beensuccessfully running some job-oriented courses in accordance with the currenttrend in Madhya Pradesh. Some of the traditional courses like Marathi has notattracted students since 1992.

Suggestions

Syllabi should be revised and updated for each subject regularly and every year. Introductionof choice-based credit system may allow the students to choose programmes of their likingwhich may even out the strength in all courses. Boards of Studies should have more repre-sentation from industries, outside users and other universities.


The University formulated the curricula of new programmes by appointing ExpertCommittees, using curricula framed by national resources like UGC and throughits own Boards of Studies each of which has at least two experts from outside theuniversity. It takes not more than 6 months to start a new programme. Curriculaare reviewed by respective Boards and Faculties in their meetings held twice ayear. In a few subjects like Zoology, the courses are revised more frequently thanothers. The university has started a multidisciplinary approach by starting coursesin Biotechnology, Environmental Chemistry and Eco-planning.

Suggestions

In certain subjects, the revision of courses is more often than other subjects. An attempt bythe Academic Council should be made to ensure a review of the syllabi regularly in eachsubject every year.

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The programmes offered by this university cover a fairly wide range of options,and are geared to achieve the objectives of the University, which is located inthe tribal and backward regions of Madhya Pradesh. The initiation of a largenumber of self-financing courses during the past five years by the university, arecommendable. The curricula followed by the university are those initiated quiterecently by the UGC in 2002. As provided in the University Act, the revision ofsyllabi of various courses of studies is done first by the Board of Studies of eachsubject, and then it is ratified by the Academic Council of the university before itsimplementation. A suitable mechanism for obtaining the feedback on programmesfrom different stakeholders is yet to be developed.

Suggestions

The university should consider evolving a suitable mechanism for obtaining a feedback onprogrammes offered by it from various stakeholders.


The university offers more than 60 different programmes ranging fromCertificate courses , UG and PG courses leading up to Research Degrees. As is thecase with other universities, Vikram University also revises its courses of syllabithrough a Board of Studies in every subject having two external experts. Thesystem allows flexibility in starting new courses and new programmes. Programmeslike M.Sc in Environmental Management are popular. Considering the local needs,the university has started a course on Jyotivigyan. Looking to the scarcity of waterin Malwa region where the university is located, the department of Geology hasstarted a course on Hydrology and Water Resource Management. It has also starteda number of self-financing job-oriented courses in accordance with the guidelinesof the Coordination Committee.

Suggestions

Shortage of teachers in the Russian language and Computer Science Department is a matterof concern, and attention should be paid to improve the situation at the earliest.

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The following graph gives comparative institutional scores on the quality ofCurricular Aspects of all the M.P. Universities

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Criterion II: Teaching, Learning and EvaluationStatus of Individual Universities and Suggestions


n Admission is done on the basis of merit subject to Govt rules and regulations

n About 5% students are from outside the state of M.P.

n The number of teaching days conforms to the UGC norm

n Classroom instructions are the main form of teaching and learning process

n The university practices door evaluation while a central system of evaluation isalso done in some courses

n About 40% of the teaching positions are lying vacant due to a ban on recruit-ment by the State Govt.

n The university doesn’t have a formal system of feed-back mechanism, which isvery desirable.

n There are national/international linkages for enrichment of research andacademic activities, which needs to be strengthened.

Suggestions

n Consideration to be given to internal assessment and continuous evaluation

n Care should be taken to declare results on time both for regular as well as revaluationcases.

n The vacant positions should be filled up soon so that teaching and research avctivities donot suffer

n Better educational technology needs to be introduced in teaching and learning process.


n Admissions are done through different methods in different programmes. Theseinclude consideration of merit, entrance test, interviews, academic records andtheir various combinations.

n The cut-off percentage is generally low.

n The nimber of re-evaluation cases is high and requires serious thinking.

n The number of teachers is low and very little recruitment has been made in therecent past. A majority of temporary teachers are only PG teachers.

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n Even though there is a Computer Center, the automation in the university workis yet to pick up.

n The placement in self-financing courses is 100% , which is commendable.

n Some of the departments have good national and international linkagesincluding some industries for placement and training of students.

n The examinations are held in time and the results are also declared in time.

Suggestions

n Maintenance of the Computer Center should get priority.

n USIC is not being utilized properly. The students and staff must be made aware of thefacilities available so that they can make good use of this facility.

n Interface with computers developed by the Physics Department should be encouraged andspread to other departments.

n The number of teachers participating in seminars/conferences and worshops must beincreased further.


n Selecting students for admission combining all India/state level tests, viva voceexamination and academic records of the students ensures the admission ofmost talented students, and that is a strength for the university.

n Extensive use of library, computer/internet facilities by students and faculty asa means of teaching-learning activity is another strength of the university.

n Showing evaluated scripts to the students is a commendable feature of thetransparancy of the examination system.

n Wide ranging national/international links with institutions of repute and theoverall research culture in some departments doing excellent work isencouraging.

Suggestions

n Failure to fill up the vacant positions and depending mostly on guest faculty/temporaryteachers is a matter of concern.

n A full-length review of the examination system after every 12 years is very desirable. Somedepartments have not carried out revision of courses with desired regularity.

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n University should start special courses for students coming from rural tribal background.

n Faculty should make meaningful use of the study and sabbatical leave periods much morethan what they have done so far.


n The students are admitted on the basis of their entry qualifications and in somecourses, the admission is given on the basis of an entrance test.

n Project work, seminars, internal assessment and field training of students insome programmes inhances their capability significantly.

n Central valuation helps in the declaration of results on time.

n Teaching staff is mostly qualified and have Ph.D. which helps them getresearch projects and consultancy works bringing money to the university also.

Suggestions

n Shortage of teaching faculty in some departments hampers the work and should be recti-fied soon.

n More national and international seminars/conferences must be organised.

n Teaching should be supplemented with new innovative techniques and use of modernteaching aids

n Internet facility should be made available to all the departments and students.


n The admission in various professional programmes are based on All IndiaEntrance Examinations. Number of applications is about 12 times the numberof seats available, mainly because of professional programmes.

n The number of teaching days on the average per year is 260, but there are nobridge courses for weaker sections of students.

n The Distance Education Programme of the university is popular because of thevariety of courses and learning packages.

n Most of the teachers are Ph.D.degree holders. Revision of curricula in varioussubjects is done regularly. The teachers are encouraged to participate inworkshops/conferences and they have linkages with good institutions of thecountry.

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n In sports, there are ample opportunities and the university students haveperformed well by competing at the regional and national levels.

n Declaration of results is on time because of Central Valuation.

Suggestions

n Creativity in class-room teaching needs to be emphasized. The university may think ofintroducing the credit system of teaching and use more audio-visual aids in teaching andlearning.

n The present evaluation method of university examinations has been followed for the last10 years and needs to be reviewed.

n Methods should be devised to get feedback from students as well as peers on the quality ofperformance of the teachers. The faculty improvement programmes should be furtherstrengthened.


n Entrance Tests are conducted for career-oriented courses, but for generaladmissions a combination of academic records, interviews and tests is used.

n The university follows both the semester pattern as well as the annual patternof teaching and examinations. Internal assessment is given 20% weightage inexams.

n Participation of teaching faculty in Seminars, Conferences and Worshops is quitesubstantial and this is indicative of their keepng themselves updated in termsof the latest in their subjects.

n Teachers have benefitted from the Faculty Improvement Programmes by usingstudy and sabbatical leaves. National and international linkages have beenprofitably maintained for quite some time.

Suggestions

n No bridge or remedial courses have been arranged for the benefit of handicapped students.Since the university is situated in a tribal belt, it’s necessary to have these courses so thatstudents coming from rural or backward regions are not left behind in getting propereducation. These programmes can be organized with the assistance of UGC and Departmentof Tribal Welfare, Govt of India.

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n Use of teaching techniques, other than classroom teaching, like use of audio-visual aidsmay be further encouraged.


n Admission to courses of studies are made on the basis of academic records.However, in professional and self-financing courses, admission is based onentrance tests and interviews.

n University departments have their own libraries. The infrastructure needed forteaching and learning is good; girl students have been provided witb separatestudy rooms in sevral departments.

n Teachers are adequately qualified and committed to their profession. There isself-appraisal scheme under which every teacher is required to submit his ownevaluation.

n Several teachers have received state/national awards in recognition of their meritand work.

n The exams are conducted regularly and the results are declared on time due toa good combination of central valuation and door valuation.

Suggestions

n The university should explore the possibility of continuous assessment and monitoring ofstudents’ progress. Innovations in setting of question papers to avoid selective study bystudents must be made.

n Vacant posts must be filled as soon as possible to strengthen teaching and learning activitiesproperly.

n The university should think of introducing bridge and remedial courses for thedisadvantaged class of students. These could also prove useful for interdisciplinaryprogrammes of the university.

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The following graph gives a comparative graphical picture of the institutionalscores of all the M.P. Universities with regard to teaching, learning and evaluation

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Criterion III: Research, Consultancy and ExtensionStatus of Individual Universities and Suggestions


n Most of the teachers are engaged in doing and guiding research, but only a feware engaged with major research projects. The Department of Chemistry hasthe maximum share in major research projects.

n During the last five years, about 470 Ph.Ds have been produced including thoseguided by teachers of affiliated colleges. About 150 reseacrh papers and 5 bookshave been published by the teachers during the last 3 years.

n Department of Chemistry has collaboration with EPCO.

n The NSS Unit and the Department of Psychology are providing extension servicesof the university.

Suggestions

n The university departments need to attract more fellows for their research activities throughgrants of major research projects.

n The university should apply to UGC for schemes such as DRS/SAP and COSIST forenhancing its research atmosphere.

n Consultancy needs should be developed as a concept and should therafter be operationalized.

n The Department of Adult and Continuing Education needs to play a vital role in extensionprogrammes.


n About 90% of the teaching staff is engaged in research. Most of the departmentshave Ph.D. programmes.

n During the last 5 years, about 231 students were awarded Ph.D. degrees by theuniversity. During the same period, the faculty published 500 research papersand 40 books.

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n Research facilities appear to be impressive particularly in the departments ofPhysics, Microbiology and Aquaculture. The first two departments have COSISTand DSA programmes of the UGC and the third is getting a grant of 1.5 croreunder various projects.

n Departments of Physics, Microbiology and Socilology have won DRS status ofthe UGC.

n The university has organized an average of 2 international and 5 nationalseminars per year.

n The Department of Adult and Continuing Education is doing yeoman work byadopting villages and training women and youth for various entrepreneurshipprogrammes.

Suggestions

n The university needs to maintain and properly utilize its USIC unit .

n The collaborations of the university with CCMB and RRL labs need to be strngthened.

n The university is advised to set up an R&D CELL to encourage and coordinate sponsoredresearch and consultancy activities.


n The university has turned out about 300 Ph.Ds during the last 3 years, and atpresent it has 190 full-time and 119 part-time research scholars working fortheir Ph.D. degrees in various subjects. Library and laboratories arewell-equipped for teaching as well as research.

n Science departments have attracted sizeable research grants from nationalfunding agencies like UGC, DST, DAE, CSIR, DBT, AICTE etc. Two departemntshave won SAP status and one department has been granted COSIST by the UGC.

n A number of major research projects are in operation having a total of Rs 7 croreannual budget. In some departments, the high quantum of research is reflectedin the large number of publications in reputed journals.

n The Institute of Education has generated funds for the university by offeringconsultancy work.

n The department of Adult and Continuing Education and the NSS unit of the

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university are doing extension work and have won awards. The AVRC of theUniversity has produced several programmes of valuable use to the society.

Suggestions

n Maintenance of instruments by the sience departments needs improvement. The USIC ofthe university should be made a center of activity.

n Institutes of Managemant Studies and Computer Science should also offer consultancyservices like the Institute of Education.

n The University Minority Cell is working with success, but its programmes need to bepublicized.

n The Library is currently subscribing to only 10 international research journals, but thisnumber should be increased.


n Out of 214 faculty members in 36 departments, 80% are involved in research,but in some major science and humanities departments the teachers are notthat active in research. The university has produced 301 Ph.D.s during the last 5years and currently there are 419 scholars registered for Ph.D.

n During the last 5 years about 1447 papers in Indian journals and 257 ininternational journals have been published.

n Three departments have won DRS/DSA status from UGC whereas onedepartment is recognized as a Center for Advanced Study. The university has10 major and about 40 minor research projects which are in progress.

n The departments of Pharmacy, Criminology, Psychology and AppliedGeology are offering consultancy services.

Suggestions

n Some of the faculty members have never attended national or international seminars/con-ferences. Efforts should be made to eliminate this situation.

n The university should attract doctoral and postdoctoral students from other universities/colleges and should not remain confined only to local research scholars. This will enhancethe quality of research work being produced by the university.

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n The university should publicise the expertise available in some of the departments whichare already offering consultancy services or have the potential to offer such services.


n About 90% of the teachers of the university are active in research. During thelast 5 years, 89 students have been awarded Ph.D. degrees in various subjects.About 349 research papers in national and international journals and 19 bookshave been published by the faculty during the same period.

n Currently, the university has 25 ongoing research projects with an outlay of Rs2 crores, but the major projects are in the department of Zoology and Chemistryonly. Now the University has created a Jiwaji University Research Forum tohelp and strengthen the joint research activities

n The university has organized 36 conferences at the national and internationallevels during the last 3 years. The work of USIC seems to be satisfactory.

n The university undertakes extension programmes mainly through its NSS unitand the department of Adult and Continuing Education.

Suggestions

n The university should offer consultancy services to some industries at least through somedepartments. The science departments have the potential to do so.

n The university has research projects only in the Science Faculty. Effort should be made sothat departments belonging to other faculties like the faculty of Arts, Commerce and Lawalso get research projects.


n Most of the faculty members are involved in research. During the last five yearsabout 543 research papers have been published by the faculty and resarchscholars. About 292 research scholars got their Ph.D. and 8 got their D.Sc/D.Littduring the last 5 years and 25 students won young scientist awards.

n Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is in its second phase ofDRS programme. Departments like those of Physics, Chemistry and Biologicalsciences have good publications and the faculty has good national andinternational recognition for their work.

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n Substantial funds from agencies like UGC, DST, CSIR, DBT, DRDO, MPCOSThave been received to support the major research projects of the faculty members.The department of Mathematics has been recognized as a Regional Library Centerby the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) which gives an annualgrant of Rs 18 lacs to support and develop its library.

n Consultance services are mostly informal and on gratis basis. However, theMacro-molecular Research Center (MRC) with only one staff and five researchscholars and sophisticated equipments has been able to generate substantialfunds through its consultance services.

n Besides NSS, the department of Hindi has been involved in extension servicesfor the society, particularly for tribal people.

Suggestions

n The University-Industry interactions have to be strengthened to generate more income forteaching and research.

n Authorities may consider instituting an R&D Cell to coordinate the consultancy work.Departmental Development Funds may also be started by all the departments for immediateneeds of the department.

n The university should adopt a tribal village for the upliftment of the people of that villageas its extension activity.


n All the teachers are actively involved in research work. On an average theuniversity has produced 28 Ph.D.s per year. Currently 180 fulltime Ph.D.scholars and 2 post-doctoral fellows are on the rolls of the university.

n A few major and minor research projects have been sanctioned to the facultymembers by agencies like UGC, DST, ISLO, AICTE etc

n The university has provided consultancy services on water resources, humanresouces and financial managements.

n The NSS unit of the University has won national recognition and many awardsfor its extension activities.

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Suggestions

n Progress in research work should be improved by increasing the number of Ph.D. studentsand asking the departments to utilize the UGC assistance under SAP programmes. Workon this front has not been satisfactory.

n The university should improve on its publication records, and in particular, should publishmore books.

n Consultancy and Extension activities should also be improved.

n To strengthen Science and Technology in the university, a center forInformation Science and Technology should be established.

n The university should promote interactions between the university and the industries andalso with other universities.

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Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning ResoursesStatus of Individual Universities and Suggestions


n The university has a campus area of about 294 acres and has buildings for variousacademic departments, administartion, hostels, staff quarters, auditorium, guesthouse, library, stadium, gymnasium, faculty hostel, temple and service unitslike bank, post office and canteen.

n The university library has a built-up area of 4706 sq mts and collection of about40,834 volumes. It has photocopying facility, a computer center and is openbetween 8 AM and 8 PM. All teaching departments are maintaining their owndepartmental libraries.

n The university has a central Computer Center with 45 nos of Pentium IV and 3nos of Pentium III. It has a health center and a Gymnasium and has USIC withfacilities for glass blowing,mechanical and electrical and electronics work. Thereare two hostels, one for boys and one for girls. The university has a guest houseand also a faculty hostel.

Suggestions

n Some of the departments need to have more space for their teaching and research activities.

n The Central Library resources are grossly underutilized and need attention of the authorities.

n More numbers of research journals should be subscribed by the library.

n A regular doctor and paramedical staff for the health center and regular coaches for gamesshould be appointed as soon as possible.


n The university has a large campus spread over an area of about 360 acres withseparate academic, administrative, residential and hostel blocks. There is a welldeveloped Auditorium with a seating capacity of 1100.

n The university has quite a decent sports and games facility.

n The university has a Central Computer Center equipped with the latest machines.In addition, every department of the university has its own computer facility.

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n The Central Library is being converted into an Electronic Library (digital)to makethe education system more interactive. There is a library with books andjournals in each department.

n The university has an Employment Exchange, a Women’s Cell and a ForeignStudents Cell.

Suggestions

n The computer facility in the main Computer Center should be updated and maintainedregularly. The computer facilities at the department level should be accessible to the studentsat all times of the day. The internet facility should be provided to all the departments.

n The proper usage of USIC should be explored.

n The library facility should be improved by obtaining more books and journals.

n The type of rooms and quality of ancillary facilities in the hostels should be improved.Also, the facility at the Health Center should be improved.


n Adequate buildings are available for housing various departments in thedifferent campuses of the university.

n The library has a fairly good collection of books and journals. Some books areadded every year. The library has facilities like reprography, audio-videocassettes, internet and bibliography data bases on CD’s. The Library can alsoborrow from other libraries of the city and outside and issue them to thestudents. Every department has its own departmental library.

n The Computer Centre encourages advanced research work in variousdepartments. Some departments have sufficient number of computers for useby postgraduate students.

n Most of the science departments effectively use their laboratories. Institutes ofLife Sciences, Biotechnology, Physics, Chemical Sciences and Instrumentationuse computers mainly for research purposes.

n There are eight hostels in the campuses, three meant for women and five formen students.

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n The Department of Physical Education has adequate facilities for sports acti-vities and also for conducting post-graduate courses and research in physicaleducation.

Suggestions

n More attention should be given to the general maintenance of the buildings and the campus.Sufficient funds should be provided for the maintenance of campus infrastructure.

n The Central Library should be upgraded with the necessary automation. There should beefficient coordination between Central Library and the Departmental Libraries. The libraryshould subscribe to more journals to enhance research in thrust areas and fields of currentimportance.

n The maintenance of the hostels should be given priority; recreation facilities should beprovided to the residents of the hostels.

n A complete Health Center should be established in the campus for the benefit of studentsand staff. A permanent structure should be provided for the canteen to cater to the needsof students’ hygenic condition, while having food.


n The university has its campus spread on a total area of 1312 acres of land. Theconstructed area comes to about 1,04,717 sq.mts.

n An advisory committee consisting of the Vice-Chancellor as chairman, managesthe university library. The total number of books available is 3,00,601. The librarysubscribes to 260 journals and periodicals. Computers, photocopying, internet,microfilms, audio & video facilities are available in the library.

n The university has computer facility to cater to the administrative andexamination work.

n The university has a Health Center with 3 doctors, 2 compounders, 1 nurse, 1lab technician, 1 dresser and 1 security officer.

n The Workshop and Instrumentation Center has the necessary basic facilities forrepairing of instruments.

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Suggestions

n The library facilities should be computerized on a priority basis. More computers shouldbe provided in the library.

n The university should have a centralized Computer Center which can support the academicand research activities of the university.

n The Infrastructure facilities of the health center should be improved.

n The Instrumentation Center should be strengthened.


n The University has a campus area of 248 acres with a total of 25 academicbuildings. The university has separate buildings for all science and managementdepartments.

n The university has a central library as well as departmental libraries. Thecentral library has 1.4 lakh books and subscribes to 10 national and 22international journals. The library has reprographic facilities, access to internetand a good stock of audio and video cassettes. The Library also has abook-bank facility.

n All the science departments of the university have well -equipped postgraduate laboratories while some departments have research laboratories withadvanced instruments.

n The university has about 100 computers. In addition, almost all departmentshave their own computers.

n The university has the necessary infrastructure for sports and physical educationwith flood-lit courts for various games.

n The university has two well-maintained guest houses alongwith a boys’ hostelwith 77 seats and a girls’ hostel with 160 seats.

Suggestions

n The university should have a permanent physician and regular supporting staff in theHealth Center.

n The university may have more hostels both for boys and girls.

n The university should establish a canteen to cater to the needs of students to have foodunder hygienic conditions.

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n The university has a campus area of 99.63 acres and adequate space is availablefor departments to conduct and carry on their research activities. All the sciencedepartments of the university have independent buildings.

n The university has a separate Computer Center with 30 computers and internetfacility.

n The university has a Central Library with a wide collection of 1,75,400 booksand a reasonable collection of research abstracts, journals and Ph.D./D.Sc theses.The library provides internet access to faculty and students. Many departmentshave their own departmental libraries which provide book loan facility and areequipped with multiple copies of text books and supplementary readingmaterials.

n The university has a guest house, a hostel for the Academic Staff College andseparate hostels for men and women students.

n The university has a Health Center with an Assistant Surgeon and facilities forgeneral treatment.

n The university has a Sports Complex with various facilities, EmploymentExchange, Placement Bureau, Violence and Sexual Harassment Complaint Cell.

Suggestions

n One lady doctor should be appointed in the Health Center of the university for treatmentof lady students and ladies staff. The activities of the Health Center should be furtherstrengthened.

n Some of the departments require proper maintenance of the buildings. Hygienic conditionsshould be improved in toilets and surroundings.


n The university has a large campus with an area of 330 acres with goodinfrastructural facilities.

n The university has a Scientific and Instrumentation Center (USIC), whichprovides useful service in the maintenance and fabrication of minor equipmentsfor the science departments. The USIC has an expert glass blowing section.

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n The library of the university has 150,000 books and back volumes of a largenumber of journals. The Library also provides facilities like a book-bank,inter-library loans, reprography and computers. In addition, all departmentshave their own departmental libraries.

nThe university has a Computer Center which provides service for theadministrative and examination work of the university.

n The university has a Health Center which provides primary medical facilitiesto the students, teachers and staff.

n There are four hostels for boys and one for girls providing accommodation to336 boys and 100 girls. The university also has a well-equipped gymnasium.

Suggestions

n Computerization of the library should be done on a priority basis. Various journals andperiodicals should be subscribed by the library to enhance research activities.

n University should establish a Central Computer Center for the students and the facultyfor research purposes.

n The communication system in every department in terms of telephone and internetconnection should be strengthened.

The following graph gives a comparative graphical picture of the institutional scores ofall the M.P. Universities with regard to Infrastructure and Learning Resources

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Criterion V: Student Support and ProgressionStatus of Individual Universities and Suggestions


n The university regularly publishes a updated academic prospectus for thebenefit of the students; the details of the courses to be offered are adver tised inleading newspapers.

n The overall pass percentage of students in the university exams is about 85% and the dropout rate is as low as 1.5%.

n Various scholarships, fellowships and other financial supports are available tostudents as per the State/Central Govt rules for SC/ST and OBC students. Afew departments have started obtaining feedback from their students.

Suggestions

n Even though informal counselling is given to the students by some faculty mem bers, anAcademic Counseling Cell should be formed for this purpose.

n The university should form an Alumni Association as soon as possible.


n The university has around 2,893 students enrolled in its various courses. Thepassout percentage is around 80% and the dropout rate is fairly low with 5%(approx).

n The university publishes its prospectus annually which gives information oncourse details, curricular aspects, evaluation schemes, fee structures andfacilities available.

n Various Scholarships from various Govt. bodies are available and around 15%students are benefited from these scholarships. The university gives directadmission to national players to various programmes provided they have theminimum qualifying marks.

n Some of the departments obtain students’ feedback through a questionnaire toevaluate the quality of teaching.

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Suggestions

n There is a need to bring together the Alumni by forming Alumni Association. This willhelp the university in their developmental activities.

n The method of obtaining students’ feedback through a questionnaire should be extended toall the departments of the university.


n The university publishes an updated prospectus annually which details theprofile and goals of the university and the rules for admission to differentprogrammes and courses.

n Students have the benefit of adequate sources for enabling them to seekcampus interviews and employment. A large number of students are availingdifferent kinds of fellowships, sponsored fellowships, free studentships andother types of financial support.

n The departments are involved in front-line research and also provide a forumfor their students to be exposed to scholarly discussions on current academicissues.

Suggestions

n More positive steps towards further promotion of cultural activities should be adopted bythe university.

n The university should have a structured Alumni Association.

n The university should have a well furnished cafeteria for the day scholars as well as forresident students.


n The university has a fairly high passout rate of 90% , but the dropout rate isabout 14%.

n The university has an Employment Exchange and also has provision of campusinterviews in a few selected departments.

n The Alumni Association exists in some of the departments.

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Suggestions

n Periodically, the students and their parents should be informed about the shortage ofattendance to reduce the dropout rate.

n The university should have an Alumni Association at the university level.


n The university has 93% passout rate and the dropout rate of the students isonly 5%.

n Students get scholarships and stipends awarded by the State and Central Govt.and other sources.

n The university has an Employment Cell and has a placement officer to providecareer counselling to the students.

Suggestions

n The university should have an Alumni Association. Such an association could be beneficialto the university in many ways.


n The university has currently 1746 students on the Campus of which 20% arefrom other states. The passout rate is 75 to 80 percent with a fairly low dropoutrate.

n The university has its own website in which detailed information is available.Theuniversity also publishes an updated prospectus annually.

n Financial aid is available through the Govt. of India and the State governmentas well as merit-cum-means scholarships.

n The university has an Alumni Association with a good potential.

Suggestions

n The university should take steps to tap resources through donations and AlumniAssociation which may enable the university to take up more developmental activities.

n Personal counselling centre for students may be developed.

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n The university has a pass percentage of about 73% with a low drop out rate.

n The university has committed itself to upliftment of students belonging toweaker sections of society by getting aid from various sources to providescholarships and other financial assistance to students.

n The university has organized youth festivals and there seems to be scope formore cultural activities.

Suggestions

n The university should introduce some formal system of continuous evaluation andmonitoring to help in raising the pass percentage.

n The university should take initiative to start the Alumni Association and compile a databaseof its graduates.

The following graph gives a comparative graphical picture of the institutional scores ofall the M.P. Universities with regard to Students Support and Progression

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Criterion VI: Organization and ManagenentStatus of Individual Universities and Suggestions


n The University functions in accordance with its Act, Statutes, Ordinances andRegulations, under which the powers and duties of officers are well-defined.

n The university implements the reservation policy of the State Govt and the UGC.

n The maintenance grant of the university comes from the State Govt whereas allthe developmental grants are obtained from the UGC and other nationalfunding agencies. The university generates funds from its self-financing courseswhich are used for the development of the department concerned.

Suggestions

n The University Court should also be constituted, and it should function as stipulated bythe Act of the university.

n The Planning and Development Cell and the Engineering Works Department shouldwork in coordination for better planning and execution of construction and maintenanceactivities.

n To promote tourism in the region, cultural and natural heritage of the region need to begiven wider publicity and the university should take a lead in this direction.


n The powers, duties and responsibilities of the functionaries of the universityare clearly spelt out under the various provisions of the Madhya PradeshUniversity Act, 1973.

n Considerable revenue is generated through research project and self-financingcourses and used for developmental activities.

n The Academic Calender and the UG curricula are prepared and planned bythe Coordination Committee headed by the Chancellor.

n The university follows the ACR method of evaluation of its employees.

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Suggestions

n The university should have a strategic plan for the use of funds generated by variousresearch projects and self-financing courses.

n The university should appoint a finance officer. Audit objections of 21 crores is an alarmingthing and needs immediate attention.

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n The university has a well-structured basic organization. The functions andpowers of the functionaries are clearly spelt out and practiced.

n The Academic Calender is annually prepared by a committee headed by thevice-chancellor in conformity with the State Government academic calendar.The university also observes strict compliances of all the rules and regulationsrelated to the reservation policy.

n The academic staff college, DCDC and the university teaching departmentsconduct workshops for the development/training of administrative staff.

Suggestions

n The norms of critical minimal staffing as recommended by the UGC should be observedby all the departments.

n Resource mobilization is not quite satisfactory. There should be a fund raising drive throughdonations, alumni involvement, etc.


n The university has the Court as an apex body having around 80 members. Allthe powers given to functionaries are exercised very effectively. The budgetand the annual report are presented to the court annually.

n Recruitment of staff is done as per the norms of the UGC and State Govt.

n The general environment is congenial all through the year for educational andresearch activities.

Suggestions

n The university should establish the mechanism of redressal of grievances.

n The support to affiliating colleges should be improved. The university should appoint afull time Director/Dean of College Development Council.

n The vacant posts in various departments should be filled.

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n The university has an effective governance infrastructure and systems. It isgoverned by the Madhya Pradesh University Act 1973.

n The university is making efforts to enhance the competency levels of the staffmembers through deputation to the Administrative Training Centers.

n The university strictly complies with the State Govt. policy of reservations andsuch norms are adhered to wherever it is applicable.

n A substantial portion of the budget expenditure is on academic services, andthe balance amount is spent on support activities.

Suggestions

n The pending Audit objections should be sorted out.

n There should be adequate guidance for non-teaching staff to ensure efficient performanceof their duties.

n There should be an exchange of good practices among colleges to make them share theirstrengths with each other.

n The university should take steps for more awareness towards a formal mechanism of inter-nal quality check and academic audit to ensure high standards of academic performance.

n The interactions with other universities in India and abraod should be made institutionalisedby building sustainable interfaces on a reasonably long term basis.


n The powers, duties and responsibilities of the functionaries are clearly speltout, routine activities in administration have been steadily computerized andfinance is handled carefully.

n Preparation of Academic Calendar is done by a Committee headed by theGovernor of the state who is the Chancellor of the university.

n Reservation policy is implemented faithfully in all admissions andappointments to ensure social justice.

n Project funded by various agencies like UGC, DBT, CSIR, DST, DRDO, MPCSTand others have sustained laboratories and research apart from generating someamount as overheads for university.

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The following graph gives a comparative graphical picture of the institutional scores of allthe M.P. Universities with regard to Organization and Management

Suggestions

n Vacant faculty positions may be filled in early since shortage of faculty may tell upon thequality of education.

n The internal audit mechanism should be strictly enforced to avoid Audit objections.


n The university functions as per the Madhya Pradesh Universities Act 1973,Statutes and Ordinances.

n The administrative set up is divided into different desks which deal with theprojects, bills, cash and academic matters relating to faculty.

n The university has introduced various welfare schemes for teachers andnon-teaching employees and a school upto middle level is functioning for thebenefit of the children of the employees.

Suggestions

n The university should attempt to generate funds by rationalizing the fee structure and byintroducing self -financing courses.

n The university should improve the financial and managerial skills of the subordinate staffthrough training.

n The university should establish a mechanism for grievances, redressal and information aboutthe Career Advancement opportunities for the administrative and ministerial staff.

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Criterion VII : Healthy PracticesStatus of Individual Universities and Suggestions


n The university organizes a number of self-financing courses which generatefunds for the university.

n The university has collaboration with Environmental Planning andCoordination Organization (EPCO) of the State Govt.

n The university efficiently runs Coaching Classes for various examinations forthe SC/ST and minority students.

n Several Departments have good linkages with other national organizations andresearch institutes.


n The university has an informal student exchange programme and hasdeveloped strong linkage with the research Institutes and industries. TheSociology Department has set up a Consumer Cell in collaboration with thejudiciary and NGO’s to help in grievance redressal of the rural masses.

n The Adult and Continuing Education department is doing a fairly good job inthe areas of women empowerment and in developing self-oriented skills amongrural women.

n Aquaculture Department has organised workshops/training programmes forthe women folk of the local villages on “Fish Product Processing and Marketing”to develop the entrepreunal skills of the rural women.


n Complementary systems like self-financing and some need based courses alongwith distance education programmes cater to the needs of a large number ofaspirants.

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n The university has entered into a few MOU’s with industries, researchorganisations and other universities and research centres in India and abroad.

n The NSS cell of the university has conducted several camps for the benefit ofboth men and women, to inculate a sense of civic responsibility..

n On a priority basis, all students from the weaker sections of the society areprovided hostel facilities.


n The departments of Pharmacy, Criminology, Psychology and AppliedGeology are offering consultancy services.

n Some of the progressive departments have evolved meaningful linkages withinstitutions and government departments, which help in the training of thestudents besides providing material for research.

n The department of Botany has set up several field stations with the cooperationof state forest departments. The Forensic Science Department works in closecooperation with government laboratory and Police Training Institute.

n The university has established three prestigious chairs which are occupied bythe reputed scholars.


n The university enjoys a healthy record of regularity, discipline and aragging-free campus which appears to be synergistic in its approach towardsthe administration, teachers and students.

n The department of Distance Education has been able to reach out to thecommunity with relevant professional and life skill oriented programmes.

n The university has organised 36 National/International conferences during thelast 3 years and set up 4 centres of research and teaching

n There have been several instances of interaction with other universities in Indiaand abroad.

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n The university has computerized and achieved automation in departmentalprofiles which are utilized during departmental presentations. Help of theUniversity Management Institute is taken to sensitize staff and faculty in thelatest managerial concepts.

n The university has informal students exchange programmes. Collaborativeresearch is being carried out in association with German, Dutch, Canadian,American and New Zealand universities.

n The university spends about 80% of revenue generated by it in providing qualityeducation. Students are encouraged to use internet for coursework, project workand research work.

n Every department is given incentive money of Rs. 50, 000/- for automation ofdepartmental profiles and other data.


n The university has taken steps to introduce the latest managerial concepts suchas strategic planning, teamwork, decision-making and computerization.

n The university also promotes a sense of civic responsibilities and personalitydevelopment of the students through NCC, NSS programmes, sports, culturaland extra-curricular activities.

n The university displays the answer books of 5 merit-listed students in eachexamination in the university library for transparency and for the benefit of thestudents. The university also publishes “The Vikram” , a research journal on aregular basis in two volumes.

n The university faculty has linkages with several national and internationalinstitutions.

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The following graph gives a comparative graphical picture of the institutional scoresof all the M.P. Universities with regard to Healthy Practices

3.3 Common Observations

n All the seven universities are governed by the M.P.Universities Act 1973. As aresult, in every university the curricular aspects are dealt with by the Board ofStudies in every subject, which has a balanced participation of members fronthe university department, from the department in colleges and outsideexperts of the subject concerned. Meetings of the Board of Studies are heldregularly in all the subjects and the recommendations are ratified by theAcademic Council of the university. More active universities have been able tointroduce a large number of self-financing courses some of which have alsobeen started by the affiliated colleges of that university whereas someuniversities have gone slow in this process.

n Performance of universities on Teaching, Learning and Evaluation has beenseen to vary somewhat even though there is an Academic Calendar approved

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by the Coordination Committee which applies to all the universities.Depending on the quality of the teachers in various departments and theestablished traditions, the teaching and learning process is somewhat morefocussed and quality-oriented as compared to other places. However, theannual exams of all the universities are held starting from March and ending byMay. The results are declared by the end of June. The system of revaluation isfollowed everywhere and they are disposed off within the stipulated time.

n Most of the teachers of all the seven universities are active in research. Ph.D.programmes are governed by the Statutes and Ordinances of the university whichare of the same kind everywhere. The quality and quantity of the researchoutput depends on the quality of the faculty and atmosphere in individualdepartments. Some of the science departments, the department of Adult andContituning Education and the Psychology departments have been found to doconsultancy works in most of the universities. The Extension work is done bythe NSS unit in all the universities.

n All the universities have a reasonable size campus, mostly contiguous to a cityand have adequate space for all the departments. Science departments haveseparate buildings, but Arts and other departments are in a single block. Everyuniversity has got a separate library, students’ hostels, staff quarters, guest house,stadium, gymnasium, auditorium, health center, a computer center, bank andpost office services. The quantity and quality of instruments/equipments etcdepend on the research activity of the university and vary from one universityto another. A similar comment applies to the Central Library and ComputerCenter. All the universities have USIC sanctioned by the UGC, New Delhi.Maintenance of the buildings and campus is done by the Engineering Section ofthe University everywhere. Every university has a Dean for the CollegeDevelopment Council which is responsble for overseeing the developments ofits affiliated colleges.

n The Student Support and Progression are very similar in all the universities.The number of scholarships/fellowships for the SC/ST and OBC students arethe same in all the universities, but the fellowships earned by the research scholarsvary from university to university. The number and quality of self-financingcourses have definitely provided an edge to universities like DAVV, RDVV

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where the campus interviews have created better job upportunitites for thestudents.

n The Organization and Management of all the universities are governed by thecommon M.P.Universities Act 1973 where the Executive Council of theuniversity is the highest decision making body of every university, and theconstitution of the Executive Council is well balanced and truly representativeof all the sections of society. The management of self-financing courses,however, differs from university to university, but the CoordinationCommittee of the universities has made concerned efforts to make theirfunctioning uniform for all the universities.

n Healthy Practices are mostly unique and special to every university. However,the good innovations and ideas for introducing the quality element in teachingand research are fast spreading to all the universities.

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IV. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AFFILIATEDCOLLEGES IN MADHYA PRADESH

4.1 Quantitative Aspects

As pointed out earlier, out of a total number of 752 colleges affiliated to variousMadhya Pradesh Universities, so far only 42 colleges have been assessed andaccredited by NAAC which is a little over 5.5% of the total colleges. In addition,only 2 colleges have submitted their self-study reports. This number is indeedvery small, and therefore the sample space for a correct analysis of the quality ofhigher education being imparted in M.P. colleges is not adequate. On the otherhand, since all the universities of M.P. have already been assessed and accredited,we should consider as to how many colleges of which university have volunteeredfor NAAC assessment. Let us again note the number of colleges affiliated to variousM.P. Universities from the following graph:

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Since the number of colleges which have been NAAC -accredited from theuniversities of Bhopal and Jabalpur is 12 & 11 resp., DAVV, Indore is 7, GwaliorUniversity is 6, Ujjain University is 4, Sagar University is 1 and from APSuniversity, Rewa , it is only 1, the process of accreditation in M.P. universities israther slow and needs to be improved. It’s poorest in Bhopal and Rewa. On theother hand, RDVV, Jabalpur has effectively the most number of colleges whichhave been accredited by NAAC. Though Barkatullah University, Bhopal has 12NAAC accredited colleges, one more than Jabalpur, the number of colleges affiliatedto Bhopal University is much larger. The number in other universities is in-betweenthose at Jabalpur and Rewa. It must be noted, however, that the momentum to gofor NAAC assessment in Madhya Pradesh colleges has yet to be seen, and is muchless as compared to southern states or the states of Maharastra, Haryana, WestBengal, etc.

One can observe the comprehensive picture from the following graph,viz., howmany colleges out of the total number of colleges affiliated to each university havebeen accredited by NAAC.

We next consider the following graph which shows the number of colleges which havebeen accredited by NAAC for each university

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Even though the number of M.P. colleges that have been NAAC-accredited so faris very small, yet some crucial trend in the quality of Degree Colleges of MadhyaPradesh can still be seen. First, it must be mentioned that all the colleges that havegone for accreditation are mostly good old Govt colleges which have alreadyestablished their reputation over a long period of time. We can notice the followingcurve, the bar-graph and the table showing the grade-wise distribution of 40accredited colleges in M.P.

The two colleges viz., (i) The College of Materials Management(autonomous) at Jabalpur, and (ii) The Govt Model Autonomous HolkarScience College, Indore have been graded under the old star-system of grading.Thus, 40 colleges graded under the new grading and the above two under the oldstar system, give a total of 42 colleges of Madhya Pradesh which have beenaccredited by NAAC so far.

The situation in this respect is quite poor for the whole state and needs theattention of the authorities of the Department of Higher Education, Govt ofMadhya Pradesh.

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Table 14: The grade-wise distribution of Madhya Pradesh Colleges


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Name of the University A++ A+ A B++ B+ B C++ C+ C OGS TOTAL

Awadhesh Pratap Singh - - - - - 1 - - - - 1University, Rewa MadhyaPradesh

Burkatullah University, Bhopal, - - 1 2 4 2 2 1 - - 12Madhya Pradesh

Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, - - - - 3 3 - - - 1 7Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Harisingh Gour University, - - - - 1 - - - - - 1Sagar, Madhya Pradesh

Jiwaji University, Gwalior, - - - 2 1 2 1 - - - 6Madhya Pradesh

Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, - 2 2 2 2 2 - - - 1 11Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

Vikram University, Ujjain, - - 1 - 1 - 2 - - - 4Madhya Pradesh

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4.2 Qualitative Aspects: Criterion-wise Appraisal

Criterion I: Curricular Aspects

Status

n Some of the colleges that have been accredited by now are the best colleges ofM.P. Under a scheme of the Govt of Madhya Pradesh, few of these collegeshave already been given the status of “Institution of Excellence” . Some of thesecolleges are also autonomous and have the freedom to frame their own syllabi.

n Courses offered are of mixed type, i.e., they are traditional as well asjob-oriented. Many colleges have started vocational courses suggested andsupported by the UGC, New Delhi.

n A good number of colleges have PG courses with the annual system ofexamination.

n Colleges have initiated new courses such as BBA, BCA, Microbiology,Information Technology, Environmental Science, etc. on a self-financing basisin addition to regular bachelor programs.

n There is a provision to work for M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees, for meritoriousstudents in some colleges. These are recognised as Research Centers by theaffiliating universities.

n It is compulsory for all the universities to have Foundational Courses inEnglish as well as in Hindi at the undergraduate level. The component onEnvironmental Science has also been included in these courses in view of theSupreme Court order.

n Most of the Colleges are satisfactorily catering to local higher educational needs.

n Students Feedback and Continuous Internal Assessment exist in a few colleges,the actual mechanism is mostly developed by these colleges on their own.

n A few P.G. colleges are conducting/organizing conferences, seminars andworkshops in academic and socially relevant areas.

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Suggestions

n The syllabi are mostly designed by the affiliating universities. Colleges, excepting thosewhich are autonomous, do not have a direct and significant role in syllabus framing andrevision . This should be rectified by increasing their participation.

n The colleges, on their part, may take active steps in the designing, revisioning orrestructuring of their syllabi. This should be done by the active involvement of the membersof the Board of studies from colleges, by regularly interacting with the affiliating university’sacademic bodies and by organizing seminars/workshops, and inviting academicians fromuniversities and experts from Industries.

n Colleges may arrange interaction with academic peers and industry experts to probe thepossibility of introducing new courses.

n Frequent interaction with University Departments, nearby national institutes/organizations and industries will empower both the students and staff to update theirknowledge.

n In general, there is little scope for inter-disciplinary teaching. Effort should be made tointroduce as many interdisciplinary courses as possible, prompted by market needs.

n Courses on Electronics, Computers, Biotechnology, Forestry, Tourism, IT-oriented andAgro-based knowledge and technology are locally relevant.

n Many traditional departments have potential to bring out diversity into academicprogrammes. They should introduce need-based professional courses to attract students.

n In general, a common student of Madhya Pradesh is found to be poor in English. Collegesneed to conduct remedial courses in English for the benefit of such students, particularlyfor those coming from a rural background.

n Students’ assessment of teachers may be taken seriously and evaluated properly. Positivesuggestions may be adopted for improvement of class-room teaching.

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Criterion II: Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

Status

n Admissions are largely based on academic merit and something more in theform of interview, entrance examination, etc.

n Most of the teaching methods are conventional.

n Shortage of competent teachers in self-financing colleges is a matter of concern.Adhoc appointments or appointments on contractual basis is not serving thepurpose because the commitment on the part of such teachers is missing.

n The practice of appointing teachers in Govt colleges is quite good andstreamlined because it is through the Public Service Commission of the State,but they are generally not on time. No appointment has been made during thelast several years in many subjects.

n The rate of teachers’ participation in seminars/workshops needsimprovement.

n The temporal plan of academic work in the colleges is annual, excepting a fewautonomous colleges.

n Besides the University annual examinations, a few colleges conduct internaltests to train the students.

n Vacant teaching posts are a matter of serious concern. In many newly introducedcourses, teaching is done by part-time or ad-hoc teachers.

n Linkages with national and international institutions must be improved.

n Performance appraisal of teachers is only through ACR (Annual ConfidentialReports), more components may be included for better results.

Suggestions

n The post-graduate courses in some colleges are conducted on a self-financing basis withtemporary/part-time teachers, whereas the experienced and permanent faculty membersteach undergraduate courses.

n In Govt colleges, the transfer of teachers brings uncertainty in their performance. Transfersshould be minimised, and done only at the end of the session.

n Colleges need to enhance teaching aids.

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n Class room teaching may be made more interesting and participatory with the use ofmodern teaching aids such as models, OHP, LCD, Multimedia, Internet, Cassettes andCD’s.

n Class room tests may be made frequent. The results and the answer scripts are to becommunicated to the parents/ students.

n Bridge and remedial courses are necessary to orient the new learners and to raise thedisadvantaged learners to the level of quick learners.

n Advanced learners may be motivated by giving scholarships, endowment prizes and alsoexposing them to advanced centers of learning.

n Teaching plan for the individual subjects may be prepared and mechanisms may beintroduced to monitor completion of the entire syllabi well in advance by the respectiveteachers.

n The Tutorial system may be effectively undertaken to develop a healthy teacher-taughtrelationship in the colleges.

n Necessary initiatives may be taken by the academics and management to introduce semestersystem in all UG and PG courses of the colleges with the help of University authorities.

n Teachers may be encouraged to participate in national/international seminars in theirsubject areas conducted outside the State.

n A majority of colleges have to develop a reliable students feedback mechanism.

Criterion III : Research, Consultancy and Extension

Status

n In 42 colleges which have been NAAC-accredited, about 40% of teachers areengaged in active research .

n Many teachers are availing minor research projects. However, a majority ofteachers in rural colleges are still hesitant or unaware of various funding agenciesto take up minor research projects and to organize seminars, workshops andconferences in their respective areas.

n In autonomous Colleges such as Govt Science College, Jabalpur, HolkarScience College, Indore, Maharani Laxmibai College of Excellence, Gwalior,Sarojini Naidu Girls College, Bhopal, etc., the research culture is evident and iscompetitive.

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n Many colleges are well engaged in the extension activities.

n Some college departments have registered Subjects Societies and theiractivities are aimed at improving teaching and research.

n Some college teachers are availing UGC teacher fellowships to acquire M. Phil.and Ph. D. degrees.

n Some of the teachers are members of research associations and academicsocieties in and outside M.P.

n As a result of NAAC’s activities, many colleges started publishing researchjournals or college magazines.

n The common extension activities of the colleges are community development,social work, health camps, adult education & literacy, blood donation, AIDSawareness and environmental conservation.

n The research and consultancy activities are present in some colleges. A majorityof the colleges have yet to develop a policy on consultancy services.

Suggestions

n Colleges need to expand their research capabilities by obtaining research projects throughapex agencies.

n About 60% teachers have research qualifications (M. Phil/Ph. D.) Other teachers shouldtry to obtain research degrees.

n Colleges may constitute a “Research Committee” with senior teachers, experts from researchinstitutes and universities to guide the faculty members in preparing research projects.

n The college Management/Administration needs to be facilitative to the teachers for studyleave/duty leave in connection with research studies.

n An “Extension Activity Cell” may be constituted in every college with a coordinator.

n While a majority of colleges are doing fairly well in extension activities, they are yet toperform well in research and consultancy areas.

n Teachers may be given adequate awareness about the funding agencies.

n As an initial step towards full fledged consultancy services, the teachers may be encouragedto extend their expertise to the needs of the local society.

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n Peer Team reports have suggested a number of such consultancy services like biofertilizer,vermiculture, Soyabeans cultivation, recharging of underground water, pesticides andfertilizer pollution, soil analysis, modern techniques in cultivation, taxation procedures,downloading of current market trends for farmers, utilization of non-conventional energysources, etc.

Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources

Status

n The general infrastructural facilities are good, specially in Govt colleges. Butthey have to improve on the Technology front.

n Book bank schemes are available in some colleges.

n Other colleges should try to create a book bank facility. A Library AdvisoryCommittee needs to be created in all colleges.

n College libraries need to be computerized.

n The Computer Center is engaged in providing computer training to students,teachers and staff.

n In many colleges laboratories are adequately equipped.

n Many colleges have Computer Centers. In some cases internet connectivitythrough dial-up system is also available.

n Some colleges have literary associations.

n In many colleges the maintenance of the hostel is not satisfactory.

n Sports and games facilities are satisfactory in most of the colleges. Somecolleges are sharing and utilizing facilities available with nearby institutions.

Suggestions

n The overall academic infrastructure needs considerable improvement .

n Language laboratories and training in communicative English will help students toacquire better skills.

n Practical manuals either in the printed form or in CD from may be made available to thestudents.

n College laboratories require modernization and adequate number of equipments to carryout practicals.

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n Library facilities with internet need significant improvement as per students’ requirements.

n College libraries need to evolve a plan for adding new books particularly useful for students.

n Library advisory committees have to plan and execute the development of college libraries.

n Library automation and longer library hours are to be implemented expeditiously.

n Internet may be provided in the library and be made accessible to all students.

n The Computer Center may be strengthened with more systems and latest versions.

n All Colleges may design their own websites.

n Multimedia facilities may be provided in the colleges.

n Auditorium, sports facilities, multigym and hostel facilities may be made inevitablerequirements for any college.

n In order to encourage womens’ access to higher education, womens’ hostels may beconstructed; the UGC has a provision for providing financial assistance for this purpose.

Criterion V : Student Support and Progression

Status

n Remedial coaching is conducted for academically disadvantaged students insome colleges.

n Students Aid Fund is available in some colleges to assist poor students.

n Very few colleges have an employment cell and a placement officer.

n Poor student enrollment in some departments and under utilization ofinfrastructure in other departments need to be reviewed.

n Many student services such as career guidance cell, women’s cell, human rightscell, grievance cell, student feedback mechanism are available in only a limitednumber of institutions.

n Some colleges have prescribed dress code/uniforms for their students.

n NCC cadets of some colleges took part in Republic Day Parades.

n Students from backward classes get Govt post-metric scholarships.

n Universities need to take care of holding exams and declaring results in a timebound manner without affecting academic year.

n Colleges publish “College Magazine” for promotion of literary skills in students.

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Suggestions

n Budgetary proviso may be made for student support services.

n More scholarships and freeships may be arranged for talented students.

n A Placement Cell/Career Guidance Cell arranging campus interviews, can also providea lot of information regarding job opportunities and new vistas of higher education.

n Student Counselling Center giving proper guidance to build up confidence in studentsshould be a part of the empowerment initiative.

n Grievance Redressal Cell has to be established in every college.

n Special coaching may be arranged for the students to participate in civil service exams,public service exams and for NET/SLET examinations.

n Women’s study centers may be established in colleges.

n Traditional and tribal culture, which has great aesthetic and ethnic values, may beencouraged and popularized.

n Alumni Associations are to be established in colleges not having them. In many collegestheir contribution towards the growth of the institutions need to be increased.

n Proper training in physical education, sports and games are necessary to build up a healthygeneration.

n Colleges not having NCC, NSS units may try to start them as early as possible.

Criterion VI: Organisation and Management

Status

n The College Principal is the member secretary of the college Governing Body(GB).

n Many sub committees have been constituted recently to decentralize collegefunctioning.

n Colleges follow government fee structure and the resource mobilization islimited, mostly in the form of job-oriented courses.

n The fee charged by colleges is affordable for students.

n Teachers’ recruitment is as per UGC/State government norms.

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n The grievance of staff are redressed by college managements.

n Administration and finance work need to be computerized.

n Some colleges have established Planning Boards to monitor development.

n Many colleges are taking advantage of MLA, MP LAD funds; computers areprocured and computer labs are constructed through these schemes.

Suggestions

n Government Colleges are totally controlled by state government. Many things may bedelegated. Some kind of autonomy is required for these colleges.

n Transport administrative practices are to be effectively implemented.

n All the vacant posts may be filled up by qualified persons.

n Non-teaching staff need to be trained in computer usage for office functioning.

n The functioning of various committees constituted for academic and administrative purposesmay be made more effective and efficient.

n Higher secondary classes may be delinked from degree colleges.

n The state government may introduce teachers’ self-appraisal and students’ feedback in allcolleges.

n Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) may be constituted as per the guidance of theNAAC.

n The IQAC may chalk out a plan for quality initiatives and also monitor all the qualityenhancement programmes conducted by the institution.

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Criterion VII : Healthy Practices

n Committees called “Jan-Bhagidari Samiti” has been working in most of the Govtcolleges with good results. The members of this commoittee are localinfluential people having interest in the development of the college and theyhave collected funds to help the college start many new programmes.

n Subject societies created in the colleges are helping to foster the quality ofteaching & research actvities.

n New and relevant career-oriented courses such as Biotechnology, Microbiology,Environmental Science and Computer Awareness programmes, have beenintroduced.

n Resource generation is done through self-financing courses.

n Some of the colleges are offering computer courses conducted by CDAC.

n Herbal gardens are created in many colleges.

n Administrative work has been decentralized through different commitees.

n Students’ feedback, continuous internal evaluation etc. have been recentlyintroduced

n IGNOU study centers are enabling some colleges to offer diploma courses inskill oriented desciplines.

n Involvement of guardians in the progress of their wards, is ensured.

n NAAC visits triggered many colleges to have their own websites.

n Training of college students in disaster mitigations and rehabilitation isnecessary as the area is prone to natural calamities and other troubles.

n Forestry/handicrafts is a vocational and locally relevant course in somecolleges.

n Training in sericulture, mushroom cultivation, vermiculture and apiculture isprovided in some colleges.

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4.3 Common Observations

n The syllabi followed by every college in Madhya Pradesh are prescribed by

the parent university to which the college is affiliated. Even though there is a

Central Board of Studies for undergraduate courses in M.P., which recommends

the syllabi of all the undergraduate programmes, but the recommendations of

the Central Board of Studies must be adapted by every university through its

own Board of Studies of the concerned subject, the concerned Faculty and the

Academic Council of the university.

n The teachers of a college have limited roles in framing the syllabi or planning

the courses of studies for various programmes. However, sometimes there are

a few teacher-representatives from some colleges in the Board of Studies, who

can place their views in the meeting for consideration, but the majority of the

colleges have no representation in the Board of Studies.

n Most of the better colleges have sucessfully started vocational/job-oriented

courses recommended by the UGC, New Delhi, and are running them to the

advantage of students.

n Foundational courses on Hindi and English are compulsory for all the

undergraduate programmes of BA/BSc/BCom in all the colleges.

n Teaching/Learning in all the colleges is through class-room teaching. In certain

subjects, practicals and field works are part of the syllabi. Educational tours are

limited to only few subjects.

n Mid-term exams and internal assessments are parts of the evaluation process.

There is annual exam at the end of the year in every college. Attempt is being

made by some colleges to start the Honour’s course through Semester System,

but it has yet to materialize.

n Attendance is compulsory in all the colleges. There is an Academic Calendar

issued by all the universities to all of their affiliated colleges. As a result, the

courses are completed within the time-frame of the Academic Calendar of the

University.

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n The Annual Examinations are held on time, and the results are also declared by

the end of June every year. The examination results are computerized

everywhere.

n There is a system of revaluation which is open to all the students of all colleges.

The student can get any two of his answer-books revaluated at nominal costs.

n Shortage of teachers has been noticed in most of the colleges, particularly in the

self-financing colleges. The Govt Colleges are better in this regard, but they too

are having these problems because of a ban on recruitment of teachers by the

State Govt.

n Barring a few P.G.Colleges in good cities, work on research and consultancy in

most of the colleges have not been found to be satistfactory. The facilities and

atmosphere for research need to be created and strengthened.

n The number of minor research projects easily obtainable from the UGC, New

Delhi have not been used by the college teachers excepting a few teachers. This

needs attention of the Principals and Vice Chancellors.

n Extension work in all the colleges is done through its NSS and Physical

Education departments. NCC programmes are also available in several colleges.

n Most of the Govt Colleges have good/average infra-structural facilities, but

the colleges located in rural areas do not possess edequate facilities.

n Excepting for a few prestigious colleges, the College-Libraries have been found

wanting in the number of books, periodicals, reading space, duplicating facilities

and internet facilities.

n Facilities for Sports and Cultural Activities are mostly available in all the colleges,

and the students have shown results in terms of their talents. The College

authorities have tried to do their best to encourage them further.

n Students belonging to SC/ST category get scholarships from the State Govt in

all the colleges. However, there are hardly any scholarships for meritorious

students offered by colleges themselves.

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n Some students do get jobs, through competitions, after graduation. A substantial

number of the remaining students, say about 60% on the avarage, go for

post-graduate education.

n The Govt Colleges are governed by the Comissioner, Higher Education of the

State Govt , and the Principal of the College concerned. Private colleges, however,

are managed by the Governing Body of the college , which is constituted in

accordance with the Act , Statutes and Ordinances of the concerned universities.

All the Govt colleges are funded completely by the State Govt. Most of the

Private colleges are, in fact, on Grant -in-Aid from the State Govt , but the

remaining colleges are running on self-financing basis.

n The developmental grants from UGC for the buildings, labs, computer centers

and sports have been procured by most of the colleges. Autonomous colleges

have received funds from UGC to support the autonomy of the colleges.

n Most of the colleges have Welfare Schemes for the non-teaching employees.

The children of the employees of the colleges are given weightage for admission

and freeships etc., by the college authorities.

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V. ACTION POINTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHEREDUCATION IN MADHYA PRADESH

(i) Colleges

1. All the colleges may establish Internal Quality Assurance cells (IQAC) to monitorthe quality initiatives and to ensure the sustainability of quality enhancingprogrammes.

2. Every college should have a coordinator for development programmes whocan liason, directly or through the Dean, College Development Council of theuniversity, with apex bodies such as UGC, CSIR, DST, DBT, DAE, NEC etc. andwith state government to hasten developmental activities of its college.

3. A “ Research Promotion Cell” may be established in every college to guide theteachers in obtaining research projects and enhancing the research output.

4. Teaching and learning methods may be made more interactive with wideusage of electronic resources and through the use of internet.

5. The Management and the Principal of the college should encourage collegeteachers to take advantage of the Faculty Development Programmes of UGC toenhance their qualifications by way of doing M. Phil and Ph. D.

6. The Universities and colleges may take keen interest in promoting the culturalheritage, tribal medicines, and preserving the biodiversity of their region throughinnovative programmes.

(ii) Universities

1. Universities may prepare a “Vision Document” along with a time bound actionplan for implementation of the programmes proposed therein.

2. Almost all the M.P. universities have already identified a few selected collegesas “Lead Colleges” ,and granted them autonomous status. Some of the colleges

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are having problems with the autonomy due to local conditions. These may bequickly looked into by the universities and sorted out. More colleges should beselected for autonomy.

3. Restructuring and revision of syllabi is a regular exercise in every university,but the enthusiasm to introduce modern and useful new courses is lacking.Steps should be taken to make this as an important exercise and due priorityshould be assigned for this work.

4. Attempt should be made to introduce Semester System in all PG courses.

5. More career-oriented and vocational courses suggested by the UGC or byprivate initiatives need to be incorporated into the regular BA/B.Com/B. Sc.Courses.

6. The general awareness about various funding agencies for grants and re-search projects needs to be improved further. The Vice Chancellors may takepersonal interest to ensure greater activities on this front.

7. The Universities have to introduce for themselves as well as for colleges, theStudents Feedback Mechanisms, Internal Assessment, Career Guidance Cell,Human Rights Cell, Women’s Development Cell, etc. For all these measuresuniversities have to make statutory provisions also.

8. Work related to examinations may be made dynamic, transparent and seriousthrough total computerization. This will ensure confidentiality, accuracy,fairness, regularity of examinations and timely announcement of results.

(iii) National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

1. NAAC may persuade and convince the Higher Education Department,particularly the Commissioner, Higher Education, Govt of Madhya Pradesh torealize that all the colleges must undergo NAAC accreditation at the earliest.Like the states of Maharashtra, Haryana etc. there should be the desiredurgency in this regard.

2. NAAC may organize State, University and Regional level quality awarenessprogrammes to create an awakening amongst the stake holders to bring thestandard of higher education of the region at par with national/internationallevel.

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3. NAAC may organize more workshops for the principals of this region to orientthem in various quality measures adopted by other institutions in ourcountry.

4. A comprehensive action plan has to be developed for post-accreditationquality sustenance activities and also to guide the institution for itsimplementation.

(iv) National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC)/University GrantCommission (UGC)/Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD)

1. Every college should be given the benefit of “UGC-Network Resource Center”.2. The Regional Center of UGC in Madhya Pradesh needs to conduct special

training programmes to enhance teaching and research abilities of the collegeteachers particularly for rural colleges.

3. INFLIBNET, GYANDARSHAN, UGC INFONET, EDUSAT connectivity will helpto further the communicative ability of students, particularly the poor andSC/ST students.

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VI. ANNEXURES

Annexure I

Table 15 : University Wise, List of Accredited Colleges in Madhya Pradesh

Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa

S. No Name of the college Grade

i. Pt. Shambhoo Nath Shukla Government P. G. College B(Autonomous), Shahdol


i. Collegeof Materials Management(Autonomous), Jabalpur Five Star

ii. G. S. College of Commerce & Economics, Jabalpur B+

iii. Govt. M. H. College of Home Science & Science for Women, B++

Jabalpur

iv. Government Model Science College(Autonomous), Jabalpur A

v. Government Post Graduate College, Seoni B

vi. Govt. J. S. T. P. G. College, Balaghat B+

vii. Govt. M. B. Arts & Commerce Autonomous College forWomen, Jabalpur A+

viii. Govt. Mahakoshal Arts & Commerce Autonomous College, B++

Jabalpur

ix. Mata Gujri Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jabalpur A

x. Rani Durgawati Government Post Graduate College, Mandala B

xi. St. Aloysius College, Jabalpur A+


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i. Government Post Graduate College, Morena C++

ii. Kamla raja Girls Autonomous P. G. College, Gwalior B

iii. Government Model Science College, Gwalior B++

iv. Maharani Laxmi Bai Government College of Excellence, B++

Gwalior

v. Vijaya Raje Girls Government Postgraduate College, Gwalior B

vi. College of Life Sciences, Gwalior B+



i. Govt. Girls P.G. College, Ujjain A

ii. Govt. P. G. College, Neemuch B+

iii. Gyan Mandir College, Neemuch C++

iv. Lokmanya Tilak Education College, Ujjain C++

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i. Government Geetanjali Girls College Berasia Road, Bhopal B

ii. Government Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya, Bhopal B+

iii. Govt. Hamidia Arts & Commerce College, Bhopal B+

iv. Govt. Home Science P. G. College, Hoshangabad C++

v. Govt. Maharani Laxmi Bai Girls P. G. (Autonomous) College, B++

Bhopal

vi. Govt. Narmada Post Graduate College (Autonomous), B+

Hoshangabad

vii. Institute For Excellence in Higher Education, Bhopal A

viii. Sarojini Naydu Govt. Girls P. G. (Autonomous) College, Bhopal B

ix. Sri Sathya Sai College for Women (Department of Education), B++

Bhopal

x. Sri Sathya Sai College for Women, Bhopal B+

xi. Government P. G. College, Pipariya B+

xii. Ravindra College, Bhopal C++

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i. Government Arts & Commerce College, Bhanwarkuna, Indore B

ii. Government Girls P. G. College (Autonomous), Indore B+

iii. Government P. G. College, Khargone B

iv. Government Model Autonomous Holkar Science College(Autonomous), Indore A***

v. Govt. Nutan Girls P. G. College, Kila Maidan, Indore B

vi. Kasturba Gram Rural Institute (Autonomous GirlsDegree College), Kasturba Gram, Indore B+

vii. S. N. Government P. G. College, Khandwa B+


i. Govt. Autonomous P. G. College, Chhindwara B +

Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar

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Annexure II

Table 16 : Top Five Colleges according to the Ranking of Criteria wise Scores.

S. No Name of the college Score

1 St. Aloysius College, Jabalpur 92

2 Govt. M. B. Arts & Commerce Autonomous College for 90Women, Jabalpur

3 Mata Gujri Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jabalpur 90

4 Institute For Excellence in Higher Education, Bhopal 90

5 Government Model Science College(Autonomous), Jabalpur 86

I. Criterion



2 Govt. M. B. Arts & Commerce Autonomous College for 95Women, Jabalpur




II. Criterion

99

106



100




3 Govt. M. B. Arts & Commerce Autonomous College forWomen, Jabalpur 90

4 Government Model Science College, Gwalior 90

5 Govt. M. H. College of HomeScience & Science for Women,Jabalpur 90

IV. Criterion


1 Govt. M. B. Arts & Commerce Autonomous College for Women,Jabalpur 95




5 Maharani Laxmi Bai Government College of Excellence, Gwalior 90

III. Criterion

107







4 Government Girls P. G. College, Ujjain 88


V. Criterion





4 Sri Sathya Sai College for Women, (Department of Education),Bhopal 86.6


VI. Criterion

101

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VII. Criterion

102

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